Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.1.54
Ūti· What drives us to actDevelop Kṛṣṇa Consciousness for Our Future
“The fruitive activities a living being performs, whether pious or impious, are the unseen cause for the fulfillment of his desires. This unseen cause is the root for the living entity’s different bodies. Because of his intense desire, the living entity takes birth in a particular family and receives a body which is either like that of his mother or like that of his father. The gross and subtle bodies are created according to his desire.”
What the purport teaches
- Pious and impious activities are unseen causes behind the fulfillment of desires and the bodies one receives. The subtle body, the body of desire, is the background for the gross body.
- The activities performed during life shape the condition of the subtle body at death. Whatever state of being one remembers when leaving the body, that state one attains.
- Developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness can lead to a birth as a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. With greater perfection, one receives a spiritual body and returns home, back to Godhead.
Try this today
Set aside a few quiet minutes today to remember Kṛṣṇa rather than dwell on a desire for sense gratification.
Ask yourself
What kind of consciousness are my daily activities helping me develop?
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.