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Hearing These Instructions Nourishes Devotion

“If anyone recites or hears these eight verses of instruction by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his ecstatic love and devotion for Kṛṣṇa increase day by day.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 20.65, translation

What the purport teaches

  • These eight verses are instructions given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Anyone may receive their benefit by reciting or hearing them.
  • Through this recitation or hearing, ecstatic love and devotion for Kṛṣṇa increase day by day.

Try this today

Today, recite or listen to the eight verses of instruction.

Ask yourself

How can you make room for regularly hearing these eight verses?

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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