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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.60

Serving Devotees Through Practical Care

“Śrīla Śivānanda Sena experienced the three features of sākṣāt, āveśa and āvirbhāva. Later I shall vividly describe this transcendentally blissful subject.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 10.60, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrīla Śivānanda Sena experienced sākṣāt, āveśa and āvirbhāva. The author promises to describe this transcendentally blissful subject later.
  • Śivānanda Sena guided the devotees traveling from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī. He personally paid all their journey expenses.
  • He installed Gaura-Gopāla Deities and established a temple of Kṛṣṇarāya. He also supervised Vāsudeva Datta’s expenditures because of Vāsudeva Datta’s lavish spending.

Try this today

Offer one small, practical help to a devotee today, such as assistance with travel arrangements.

Ask yourself

What practical need of a devotee could I help meet?

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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