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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 1.107

Submissive Hearing Leads to Love and Peace

“Simply hearing submissively will free one’s heart from all the faults of ignorance, and thus one will achieve deep love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the path of peace.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 1.107, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Simply hearing submissively frees the heart from all the faults of ignorance.
  • Through such hearing, one achieves deep love for Kṛṣṇa.
  • The verse calls this the path of peace.

Try this today

Read this verse aloud slowly, listening with a willingness to learn and deepen your love for Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How can you approach hearing with greater humility and openness?

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.

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