Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.63
Humility Rather Than Self-Importance
“Please come here. Please come here, Your Holiness. Why do You sit in that unclean place? What has caused Your lamentation?”
What the purport teaches
- In the material world, everyone wants to appear important and great. Caitanya Mahāprabhu instead introduced Himself very humbly and meekly.
- The Māyāvādīs occupied an exalted position, while Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat in a place that was not even clean.
- The sannyāsīs thought that He must be aggrieved. Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī invited Him closer and asked the cause of His lamentation.
Try this today
In one conversation today, refrain from mentioning something merely to make yourself seem important.
Ask yourself
In what situation do I feel a strong need to appear important?
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.