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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.88

Offer Food With Care and Affection

“Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was offered lunch with great care and affection. The brothers Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Vallabha were also offered food.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 19.88, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was offered lunch.
  • The meal was offered with great care and affection.
  • The brothers Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Vallabha were also offered food.

Try this today

Serve someone food today with deliberate care and affection.

Ask yourself

How can care and affection shape the way you offer food to someone?

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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