Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.13
Chanting Purifies and Awakens Devotional Service
“By performing congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, one can destroy the sinful condition of material existence, purify the unclean heart and awaken all varieties of devotional service.
What the purport teaches
- Congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra can destroy the sinful condition of material existence.
- This chanting purifies the unclean heart.
- It awakens all varieties of devotional service.
Try this today
Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa with another person today, remembering its power to purify the heart and awaken devotional service.
Ask yourself
How does seeing purification as a beginning of devotional service deepen my purpose in chanting?
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.