Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.15.23
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Knowledge Helps Overcome Lamentation
“By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation and illusion, by serving a great devotee one can become prideless, by keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic yoga, and simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer envy.”
What the purport teaches
- Discussing spiritual knowledge can conquer lamentation and illusion. The purport explains that the soul leaves one body and accepts another.
- One who is sober, learned in philosophy and established in knowledge is not bewildered by the soul’s transmigration. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s teaching gives a spiritual basis for facing loss.
- Serving a great devotee helps one become free from pride. Silence avoids obstacles in mystic yoga, and stopping sense gratification helps conquer envy.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes reflecting on the purport’s teaching that the soul continues after leaving the present body.
Ask yourself
How does understanding the soul’s continued existence change my view of loss?
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.