Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.2.46
Mukti· LiberationUse Human Life to Return to Godhead
“The five material elements, the ten senses and the mind all combine to form the various parts of the gross and subtle bodies. The living entity comes in contact with his material bodies, whether high or low, and later gives them up by his personal prowess. This strength can be perceived in a living entity’s personal power to possess different types of bodies.”
What the purport teaches
- The conditioned soul can use the gross and subtle bodies for real advancement. Superior knowledge received from the spiritual master, or ācārya, can free him from conditioned life.
- The human body is valuable because it offers different destinations. One can remain in material existence or return home, back to Godhead.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead gives remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. When one takes to devotional service and surrenders to Him, He gives directions for returning to Him.
Try this today
Spend five minutes studying this purport, noting how devotional service gives human life its highest direction.
Ask yourself
Am I using my human life mainly for material aims or for returning to Godhead?
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.