Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.29.35
Mukti· LiberationRealize Your Spiritual Nature Through Devotion
“Sometimes we suffer because we see a tiger in a dream or a snake in a vision, but actually there is neither a tiger nor a snake. Thus we create some situation in a subtle form and suffer the consequences. These sufferings cannot be mitigated unless we are awakened from our dream.”
What the purport teaches
- The living entity is separate from both the subtle and gross material bodies. Like fear of a tiger in a dream, suffering continues while one remains in the material condition.
- Bodily happiness and distress come and go like winter and summer. Kṛṣṇa teaches that we should learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.
- Understanding that we are spiritual, not material, cannot be fully realized without devotional service. Taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the remedy for material bondage.
Try this today
When a minor discomfort arises today, pause and remember that it comes and goes while you are separate from the body.
Ask yourself
How might remembering that I am not the body help me tolerate a passing discomfort?
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.