Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.48
Ground Devotional Conduct in Revealed Scripture
“On the basis of scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which reveal these confidential directions, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī regarding all the regular activities of a devotee.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī about a devotee’s regular activities on the basis of scriptures such as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- In the paramparā system, a bona fide spiritual master’s instructions must be based on revealed Vedic scriptures. A follower cannot manufacture a personal way of behavior.
- Groups that do not carefully follow the conclusions of the śāstras are considered outside the sampradāya. To follow the Lord’s disciplic succession strictly, one should avoid association with such communities.
Try this today
Choose one instruction about devotional conduct you have received and ask what revealed scripture supports it.
Ask yourself
Do I seek scriptural grounding for devotional conduct, or rely mainly on my own preferences?
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.