Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 3.1
Shelter Opens the Treasures of Scripture
“I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.”
What the purport teaches
- The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
- By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect valuable jewels of conclusive truth.
- The revealed scriptures are compared to mines containing these valuable jewels.
Try this today
Before studying today, offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and ask for shelter at His lotus feet.
Ask yourself
How might seeking the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu change my approach to studying scripture?
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.