Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.35
The Lord’s Attraction Purifies
“As through devotion to the Lord one can attain His abode, many have attained that goal by abandoning their sinful activities and absorbing their minds in the Lord through lust, envy, fear or affection.”
What the purport teaches
- Just as the powerful sun purifies impurities by its rays, the all-spiritual Personality of Godhead can purify material qualities in a person He attracts.
- By His grace, even attraction through material lust can become spiritual love of Godhead. A relationship through fear or animosity can also become purified by His spiritual attraction.
- The Lord and the living entity are spiritual individuals, although He is great and the living entity small. Through a freely chosen reciprocal exchange, the Lord attracts the living entity and frees him from material bondage.
Try this today
Take a quiet minute today to turn your mind toward the Lord and ask for His purifying grace.
Ask yourself
What would it mean for you to freely turn your attention toward the Lord?
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.