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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 17.68

Wonderful Mercy and Magnanimity

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is wonderfully merciful and wonderfully magnanimous. We have heard of no one else within this world so merciful and charitable.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 17.68, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is wonderfully merciful.
  • He is also wonderfully magnanimous, showing extraordinary generosity.
  • The author says that we have heard of no one else in this world so merciful and charitable.

Try this today

Offer a brief expression of gratitude to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His mercy.

Ask yourself

Which quality draws my attention today: His mercy or His generosity?

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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