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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.192

Five Days of Accepted Hospitality

“In this way, by and by, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced the duration to five days. Thus for five days He regularly accepted the Bhaṭṭācārya’s invitation to lunch.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 15.192, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gradually reduced the duration of the invitation.
  • The duration was settled at five days.
  • For those five days, He regularly accepted the Bhaṭṭācārya’s invitation to lunch.

Try this today

Carry out one agreed act of hospitality today without asking to expand it.

Ask yourself

How can you value the opportunity to serve that is actually accepted?

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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