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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.19

Full Potency, Yet No Attachment

“You have invested Your full potencies in each individual holy name, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Your holy names.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 20.19, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Full divine potencies have been invested in each individual holy name.
  • The speaker laments having no attachment for chanting these holy names.
  • The lack is not in the holy name’s potency. The lament concerns one’s own lack of attachment to chanting.

Try this today

Chant the holy name for one minute, then offer a simple prayer for attachment to chanting.

Ask yourself

How honestly can I acknowledge my present attachment, or lack of attachment, to 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.

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