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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 11.99

True Intelligence Leads to Congregational Chanting

“Anyone who worships Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by congregational chanting should be understood to be very intelligent. One who does not do so must be considered a victim of this age and bereft of all intelligence.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 11.99, translation

What the purport teaches

  • One who worships Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by congregational chanting is very intelligent.
  • The verse describes one who does not do so as a victim of this age and bereft of intelligence.
  • The purport rejects inventing one's own religious process. Anyone who actually wants to become religious must take up chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Try this today

Invite someone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with you today.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to take up the given process of chanting rather than invent my own?

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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