Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.20.6
Mukti· LiberationLoving Service Goes Beyond Bodily Comfort
“How can a highly learned person who has absolutely no affinity for the bodily conception of life be affected by the bodily conception in regard to house, children, wealth and similar other bodily productions?”
What the purport teaches
- A learned person who is unattached to the body is not absorbed in possessiveness toward house, children, wealth and other bodily connections.
- Rituals pursued for sense gratification provide sanctioned material enjoyment. They remain within the three modes of material nature.
- Those above the material condition are interested in transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such service is beyond the modes and is not aimed at bodily comfort.
Try this today
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and set aside any expectation of personal comfort or material reward.
Ask yourself
Am I approaching service for the Lord’s pleasure or for my own comfort?
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.