Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.15.20
Ūti· What drives us to actRedirect Greed Toward Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“The strong bodily desires and needs of a person disturbed by hunger and thirst are certainly satisfied when he eats. Similarly, if one becomes very angry, that anger is satisfied by chastisement and its reaction. But as for greed, even if a greedy person has conquered all the directions of the world or has enjoyed everything in the world, still he will not be satisfied.”
What the purport teaches
- Bodily hunger and thirst can be satisfied, but greed remains unsatisfied even after conquering or enjoying the whole world.
- Lust, anger and greed bind the conditioned soul to the material world. Unfulfilled desires for sense gratification produce anger, while increasing greed obstructs progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Strong eagerness to increase one’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a great boon. The purport presents this eagerness as the best path available.
Try this today
When the urge to acquire something unnecessary appears today, use a few minutes instead to study a teaching on Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Ask yourself
What would change if my eagerness for more possessions became eagerness for more Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.