Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.13.35
Mukti· LiberationLearn Contentment From the Bee and Python
“The bee and the python are two excellent spiritual masters who give us exemplary instructions regarding how to be satisfied by collecting only a little and how to stay in one place and not move.”
What the purport teaches
- The bee and the python are described as excellent spiritual masters. Their example offers practical instruction in satisfaction.
- The bee teaches satisfaction through collecting only a little. Contentment does not require collecting more and more.
- The python teaches remaining in one place rather than continually moving about. Its example accompanies the lesson of being satisfied with little.
Try this today
When taking something you need today, take only a little rather than gathering extra.
Ask yourself
Where could I practice being satisfied with less today?
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.