Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.47
Learn Devotional Service Through Disciplic Succession
“When Sanātana Gosvāmī came from Bengal, he met Lord Caitanya at the house of Tapana Miśra, where Lord Caitanya remained continuously for two months to teach him devotional service.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Caitanya taught Sanātana Gosvāmī devotional service for two months in the line of disciplic succession.
- Although Sanātana Gosvāmī was a learned scholar, he wrote nothing about Vaiṣṇava behavior until instructed by the Lord. His Hari-bhakti-vilāsa fully followed those instructions.
- Hari-bhakti-vilāsa teaches that proper initiation by a bona fide spiritual master enables one to become a brāhmaṇa immediately.
Try this today
Write down one question about devotional service that you would like to bring to a bona fide spiritual master.
Ask yourself
What can Sanātana Gosvāmī’s willingness to receive instruction teach me about learning?
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.