Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.92
Let Your Possessions Match Your Practice
“It is contradictory to practice mādhukarī and at the same time wear a valuable blanket. One loses his spiritual strength by doing this, and one will also become an object of jokes.”
What the purport teaches
- Practicing mādhukarī while wearing a valuable blanket is contradictory.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu warns that this contradiction causes a loss of spiritual strength.
- Such conduct also makes one an object of jokes.
Try this today
Review one costly possession and consider whether keeping it fits your spiritual practice.
Ask yourself
Do any of my possessions contradict the simplicity I seek in spiritual practice?
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.