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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 18.147

Share Your Hopes with the Lord

“Tell the Lord of the happiness you will feel in traveling via the banks of the Ganges.” Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya therefore submitted this prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 18.147, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The advice is to tell the Lord of the happiness that traveling along the banks of the Ganges would bring.
  • The proposed journey is presented as a source of happiness.
  • Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya follows this advice and submits the prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Try this today

Offer a brief prayer describing one hope and the happiness it would bring.

Ask yourself

What hope would you like to express honestly to the Lord?

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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