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An Auspicious Advent With the Holy Name

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the full-moon evening in the month of Phālguna, an auspicious time full of auspicious symptoms, when Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advented Himself with the chanting of the holy name, Hare Kṛṣṇa.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 13.19, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author offers respectful obeisances unto the full-moon evening in the month of Phālguna.
  • This was an auspicious time full of auspicious symptoms.
  • Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advented Himself with the chanting of the holy name, Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Try this today

Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa today while remembering Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's auspicious advent.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the holy name in this description of the Lord's advent?

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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