Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 16.239
Keep Faith Within the Heart
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Within your heart you should keep yourself very faithful, but externally you may behave like an ordinary man. Thus Kṛṣṇa will soon be very pleased and deliver you from the clutches of māyā.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Raghunātha dāsa to remain very faithful within his heart.
- Externally, he could behave like an ordinary man.
- The Lord assured him that Kṛṣṇa would soon be pleased and deliver him from the clutches of māyā.
Try this today
Before one ordinary task today, quietly renew your faith in Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can I keep my heart faithful while carrying out ordinary activities?
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.