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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.12

Leadership Means Taking Care of Others

“The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma and Khaṇḍa also came and joined. Śivānanda Sena took the leadership and thus started taking care of them all.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 10.12, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma and Khaṇḍa came and joined the other devotees.
  • Śivānanda Sena took leadership of the group traveling to Jagannātha Purī.
  • His leadership included taking care of them all.

Try this today

Check whether someone in a group you belong to needs practical help today.

Ask yourself

How can you make caring for others part of a responsibility you hold?

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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