Ātma-nivedana: give the whole day, including its outcomes.
Try this today
At the end of today, name out loud what went as you wanted and what did not, and place both with the Lord.
Ask yourself
What am I still holding back from Him?
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Live Caitanya Caritamrta
How devotion is built, in the book's own list: the nine processes of bhakti, the five best limbs, the vows that protect the holy name and the items of regulative service. One practice at a time.
Today's practice
Surrendering fully
The whole path
Everything the book asks of a day
40 practices in 5 groups, each one from a verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta. Tap any of them to put it in today's card.
The nine processes of bhakti
9 practicesThe nine ways of serving the Lord that Lord Caitanya names in Madhya-līlā 22, from hearing to full surrender. Try one today.
Read the source verse
“After one is established in devotional service, the positive actions are (1) hearing, (2) chanting, (3) remembering, (4) worshiping, (5) praying, (6) serving, (7) accepting servitorship, (8) becoming a friend and (9) surrendering fully.”
The five best limbs
5 practicesFive practices the book calls the best of all, which even a slight performance of awakens love for Kṛṣṇa.
Read the source verse
“These five limbs of devotional service are the best of all. Even a slight performance of these five awakens love for Kṛṣṇa.”
The vows that protect the holy name
8 practicesThe holy name is everything; these are the things the book says stand between us and it.
Read the source verse
“Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead.”
The items of regulative service
13 practicesWhat Lord Caitanya asks of a devotee's ordinary life, in the order He gives it.
Read the source verse
“On the path of regulative devotional service, one must observe the following items: (1) One must accept a bona fide spiritual master. (2) One must accept initiation from him. (3) One must serve him. (4) One must receive instructions from the spiritual master and make inquiries in order to learn devotional service. (5) One must follow in the footsteps of the previous ācāryas and follow the directions given by the spiritual master.”
The moods to carry
5 practicesHow a devotee's heart should look from the outside, in the book's own words.
Read the source verse
“To chant the holy name always, one should be humbler than the grass in the street and devoid of all desire for personal honor, but one should offer others all respectful obeisances.”
A lesson for every verse
All 11,555 verses have their own lesson: the verse, its study points, one practice and one question. Go to any verse, or start a chapter and walk it one lesson a day.
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1The Spiritual Masters · 110 lessons2Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead · 121 lessons3The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu · 114 lessons4The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu · 277 lessons5The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma · 235 lessons6The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya · 120 lessons7Lord Caitanya in Five Features · 171 lessons8The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru · 85 lessons9The Desire Tree of Devotional Service · 55 lessons10The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree · 164 lessons11The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda · 61 lessons12The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita · 96 lessons13The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu · 124 lessons14Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes · 97 lessons15The Lord’s Paugaṇḍa-līlā · 34 lessons16The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth · 111 lessons17The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth · 336 lessons
Every item here is Śrīla Prabhupāda's own teaching from Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta: the nine processes of devotional service, the five best limbs, the items of regulative service he lists in Madhya-līlā 22, and the vows that protect the holy name. The practices and questions below are plain words for trying them today; the verses are his translation.