Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.15.24
Ūti· What drives us to actMaterial Desires Lead to Further Entanglement
“These visible objects like wife, children and property are like dreams and mental concoctions. Actually what we see has no permanent existence. It is sometimes seen and sometimes not. Only because of our past actions do we create such mental concoctions, and because of these concoctions, we perform further activities.”
What the purport teaches
- Material things resemble dreams because they have no permanent existence. Like dreamt tigers and snakes, they affect us while we perceive them.
- A mind absorbed in material enjoyment imagines many objects and achievements to pursue. These desires lead us to act in various ways.
- By nature and the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we receive various bodies and opportunities for enjoyment. One activity produces another, deepening material entanglement and suffering.
Try this today
Pause before pursuing one material desire today and write down what further activities it would require.
Ask yourself
Which imagined achievement is drawing me into more and more activity?
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.