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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 12.84

Teach Through Personal Participation

“Indeed, hundreds of devotees were engaged in cleansing all around the temple, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally carrying out the operation just to instruct others.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 12.84, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Hundreds of devotees were engaged in cleansing all around the temple.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally carried out the cleansing work.
  • He took part personally just to instruct others.

Try this today

Personally do one cleaning task rather than only asking someone else to do it.

Ask yourself

How can I teach care for a shared space by taking part myself?

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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