Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.1.47
Ūti· What drives us to actPresent Life Reveals Patterns Across Lives
“Just as springtime in the present indicates the nature of springtimes in the past and future, so this life of happiness, distress or a mixture of both gives evidence concerning the religious and irreligious activities of one’s past and future lives.”
What the purport teaches
- Spring brings familiar fruits and flowers, indicating the nature of spring in the past and future.
- Similarly, present happiness, distress or a mixture of both gives evidence concerning religious and irreligious activities across lives.
- Repeated birth and death take place within time under the influence of the three modes. Through that influence, living entities receive different bodies and conditions.
Try this today
Reread the springtime comparison and write one sentence about how it illustrates repeated birth and death.
Ask yourself
How does this comparison with the seasons broaden my view of my present life?
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.