Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.14.23
Ūti· What drives us to actOffer Your Activities to the Supreme Lord
“Learned scholars and transcendentalists therefore condemn the materialistic path of fruitive activity because it is the original source and breeding ground of material miseries, both in this life and in the next.”
What the purport teaches
- Activities pursued for material enjoyment become a breeding ground of suffering in this life and the next. Attachment to sense gratification prevents one from recognizing this condition.
- The Vedas teach that one should awaken spiritual consciousness and seek the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Doing, eating, giving and performing austerities should become offerings to Him.
- The results of work should serve the Lord’s mission rather than personal sense gratification. Spiritual knowledge reaches its conclusion in surrender unto His lotus feet.
Try this today
Choose one task today and consciously dedicate its result to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How could the result of one ordinary activity become an offering to 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.