Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 13.39
Develop Love Through Serious Devotional Practice
“For the remaining twelve years He stayed in Jagannātha Purī, He taught everyone how to taste the transcendental mellow ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa by tasting it Himself.”
What the purport teaches
- During His last twelve years at Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught how separation awakens dormant love of Kṛṣṇa. In advanced Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the feeling of separation excels the feeling of meeting Kṛṣṇa.
- Feelings of separation and meeting develop in time through serious devotional service. Prema-bhakti, the stage of relishing love, is attained through sādhana-bhakti and its regulative principles, not by artificial elevation.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, acting in the role of a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. By His own practical example, He taught the world to execute devotional service and, in due course, go back home, back to Godhead.
Try this today
Give a few attentive minutes to your devotional practice today, without trying to manufacture exalted feelings.
Ask yourself
How can you focus on sincere devotional practice rather than trying to display advanced feelings?
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.