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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.36

Learning From One Absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s Love

“Rāmānanda Rāya is extremely aware of transcendental mellows. He is incessantly absorbed in the happiness of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. It is he who has taught Me all this.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.36, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Rāmānanda Rāya is extremely aware of transcendental mellows—the loving relationships described in these verses.
  • He is incessantly absorbed in the happiness of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
  • The speaker credits Rāmānanda Rāya with teaching him all this, acknowledging him as a teacher of these truths.

Try this today

Reread the verse and note one quality of Rāmānanda Rāya that you appreciate.

Ask yourself

What does this appreciation of Rāmānanda Rāya teach you about receiving spiritual instruction?

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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