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Recognizing the Cheating Ways of Ignorance
“The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating, which begins with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.”
What the purport teaches
- The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating.
- This cheating begins with religiosity, economic development and sense gratification.
- Liberation is also included among these cheating aims.
Try this today
Write down one aim you are pursuing and consider whether it falls among the aims listed here.
Ask yourself
Which of these aims most strongly shapes your present priorities?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.