Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.22
Chanting and dancing awaken transcendental love
“Śrī Pañca-tattva themselves danced again and again and thus made it easier to drink nectarean love of Godhead. They danced, cried, laughed and chanted like madmen, and in this way they distributed love of Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- The Pañca-tattva danced, cried, laughed and chanted, distributing love of Godhead. Their dancing made it easier to drink that nectarean love.
- Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates demonstrated chanting and dancing, and the six Gosvāmīs followed. The present Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement follows the same principle.
- This chanting and dancing are transcendental activities, not activities of the material world. The more one engages in them, the more one can taste transcendental love of Godhead.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes today chanting the holy name and dancing, remembering their purpose of tasting love of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How might I approach chanting and dancing as devotional activities rather than ordinary entertainment?
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.