Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.7.17
Mukti· LiberationLet Suffering Awaken Spiritual Inquiry
“Both the lowest of fools and he who is transcendental to all intelligence enjoy happiness, whereas persons between them suffer the material pangs.”
What the purport teaches
- Those unaware of material miseries may imagine themselves happy in sense gratification and hard labor. Their so-called happiness is not freedom from suffering.
- Liberated persons situated beyond material intelligence are truly happy. They are called paramahaṁsas.
- Those between ignorance and liberation feel the pangs of material life. For them, inquiry into the Supreme Truth is necessary.
Try this today
Write one sincere question about the Supreme Truth prompted by a difficulty you have experienced.
Ask yourself
Do my difficulties lead me toward inquiry into the Supreme Truth or toward more sense gratification?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.