Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 1.94
Remove Coverings and Return to Loving Service
“All kinds of activities, both auspicious and inauspicious, that are detrimental to the discharge of transcendental loving service to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa are actions of the darkness of ignorance.”
What the purport teaches
- Living entities are spiritual sparks whose constitutional position is to render devotional service to the Supreme Lord in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Activities that hinder loving service to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa belong to the darkness of ignorance, whether considered auspicious or inauspicious. Ritualistic performances and the desire to escape material existence can cover these spiritual sparks.
- Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda appear to dispel the darkness of the soul. Through Their appearance, hearts are becoming cleansed and living beings are returning to their real position of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Try this today
Set aside one activity that hinders your devotional service today, and use that time for a small act of service to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Is there an activity you consider good that nevertheless hinders your loving service to Kṛṣṇa?
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.