Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.60
Perfect the Senses Through Devotional Association
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “By seeing you, by touching you and by glorifying your transcendental qualities, one can perfect the purpose of all sense activity. This is the verdict of the revealed scriptures.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that seeing and touching the person He addresses can perfect the purpose of sense activity.
- Glorifying that person’s transcendental qualities also brings the senses to their perfection.
- This teaching is the verdict of the revealed scriptures. The purport points to confirmation in the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya.
Try this today
Reread the translation aloud, paying attention to the purpose it gives for sense activity.
Ask yourself
How could I use my speech to glorify transcendental qualities?
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.