Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.29.48
Mukti· LiberationReturn to Your Real Spiritual Home
“Those who are less intelligent accept the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies as all in all. They do not know that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand one’s own home, where the Supreme Personality of Godhead lives. Not being interested in their real home, they are illusioned and search after other homes.”
What the purport teaches
- The purpose of the Vedas is to understand our real home, where the Supreme Personality of Godhead lives. The topmost spiritual planet is Kṛṣṇaloka, Goloka Vṛndāvana.
- Even reaching the highest material planet does not end repeated birth and death. One who attains the Lord’s abode does not take birth again.
- Devotional service, beginning with hearing, is the way to return home, back to Godhead. In this age, chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra can purify one of material contamination and lead to the supreme planet.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes today chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with attention.
Ask yourself
How much attention am I giving to learning about my real spiritual home?
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.