Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 1.36
Recognize the Six Instructing Spiritual Masters
“My instructing spiritual masters are Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.”
What the purport teaches
- The author names Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī among his instructing spiritual masters.
- He also names Śrī Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī as his instructing spiritual masters.
- Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī complete his list of six instructing spiritual masters.
Try this today
Read the six names aloud slowly, remembering that the author accepts each as an instructing spiritual master.
Ask yourself
What does explicitly naming spiritual teachers help me appreciate about receiving instruction?
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.