Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.8.61
Mukti· LiberationSeek Loving Service Beyond Material Desires
“If one is very serious about liberation, he must stick to the process of transcendental loving service, engaging twenty-four hours a day in the highest stage of ecstasy, and he must certainly be aloof from all activities of sense gratification.”
What the purport teaches
- Above those seeking sense gratification, liberation or perfection in meditation are devotees who engage in the Lord’s transcendental loving service.
- Pure bhakti-yoga is free from desires for material sense gratification. Even the desire to merge into the Supreme is described here as sense gratification.
- Beyond impersonal liberation is vimukti: becoming an associate of the Lord and rendering loving service. Nārada Muni therefore recommends directly engaging in devotional service.
Try this today
Set aside one optional sense pleasure today and use that time for attentive devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can I give more attention to loving service rather than my own enjoyment?
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.