Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.29.66
Ūti· What drives us to actDevotion Goes Beyond the Mental Platform
“O King, all good fortune unto you! The mind is the cause of the living entity’s attaining a certain type of body in accordance with his association with material nature. According to one’s mental composition, one can understand what the living entity was in his past life as well as what kind of body he will have in the future. Thus the mind indicates the past and future bodies.”
What the purport teaches
- The mind indicates the living entity’s past and future bodies. Association with goodness, passion or ignorance leads to different conditions of material life.
- Nārada Muni wished the King to abandon plans for sense gratification, including plans for a better material life. Materially good qualities alone cannot save anyone from birth and death.
- The highest perfection of human life is to favorably accept devotional service to the Lord. Full Kṛṣṇa consciousness frees one from material desires, philosophical speculation and fruitive activity.
Try this today
Set aside one plan for sense gratification today and use that time for devotional service.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking a better arrangement for material enjoyment, or seeking to serve the Lord?
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.