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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.37

Hear These Uncommon Topics Carefully

“Everyone please hear these topics about Rāmānanda Rāya, although they are so wonderful and uncommon that they should not be spoken.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 5.37, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks everyone to hear about Rāmānanda Rāya.
  • He describes these topics as wonderful and uncommon.
  • He also says they should not be spoken, emphasizing their unusual and delicate nature even as He introduces them.

Try this today

Read the following verses slowly, keeping the Lord’s description of these activities as uncommon in mind.

Ask yourself

How can I give careful attention to a topic that is both wonderful and difficult to understand?

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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