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Different Motives Bring People to Kṛṣṇa
“Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or in need of money. Those who are actually inquisitive to understand the supreme source of everything and those who are in search of knowledge are called transcendentalists, for they desire liberation from all material contamination.
What the purport teaches
- Materialistic devotees worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or need money.
- Those genuinely inquisitive about the supreme source of everything, and those seeking knowledge, are called transcendentalists.
- These transcendentalists desire liberation from all material contamination. Their aim differs from seeking relief or money.
Try this today
Write one sincere question you have about the supreme source of everything.
Ask yourself
Are you approaching Kṛṣṇa mainly for material help or to understand the supreme source of everything?
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.