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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 12.55

Recognize the Limits of What Is Explained

“In this statement there are many confidential considerations. I do not write of them all, fearing an unnecessary increase in the volume of the book.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 12.55, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The statement contains many confidential considerations.
  • The author does not write about all of them.
  • He holds back these details to avoid unnecessarily increasing the volume of the book.

Try this today

Note that confidential considerations remain unexplained here, without trying to supply details of your own.

Ask yourself

Can I accept that a passage may contain more than the author chooses to explain?

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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