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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.71

A Small Description for Self-Rectification

“How, then, could an ordinary living being with very little intelligence describe such pastimes? Nevertheless, I am trying to touch but a particle of them just to rectify myself.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 20.71, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author asks how an ordinary living being with very little intelligence could describe such pastimes.
  • Nevertheless, he tries to touch just a particle of them.
  • His purpose in making this attempt is to rectify himself.

Try this today

Write one sentence about a pastime described in this batch, keeping self-rectification as your purpose.

Ask yourself

How can your study become an opportunity to rectify yourself rather than display knowledge?

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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