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Asking How Love of Godhead Awakens

“Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired, “What are the natural characteristics of awakening love of Godhead?””

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 1.149, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Rāmānanda Rāya further asks about the natural characteristics of awakening love of Godhead.
  • His question seeks to understand how this love naturally expresses itself.
  • Rūpa Gosvāmī introduces his reply as a description of the natural characteristics of love of God.

Try this today

Write the heading “Natural characteristics of love of God” before reading Rūpa Gosvāmī’s reply.

Ask yourself

Why might understanding love's natural characteristics matter to your study?

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.

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