Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.208
Mercy Beyond Good and Bad
“Because He is intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the bad.”
What the purport teaches
- He is intoxicated by ecstatic love.
- He is an incarnation of mercy.
- Because of this ecstatic love and mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the bad.
Try this today
Today, offer one small kindness to someone you might otherwise dismiss as bad.
Ask yourself
How does mercy that does not distinguish between good and bad challenge my judgments?
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.