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Kṛṣṇa’s Last Instructions Stand Above the Others

“Although Kṛṣṇa previously explained the proficiency of executing Vedic rituals, performing fruitive activity as enjoined in the Vedas, practicing yoga and cultivating jñāna, these last instructions are most powerful and stand above all the others.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.59, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa previously explained the proficiency of executing Vedic rituals and performing fruitive activity enjoined in the Vedas.
  • He also explained practicing yoga and cultivating jñāna.
  • His last instructions are most powerful and stand above all these earlier teachings.

Try this today

Read the translation again and identify which instructions it places above the others.

Ask yourself

Am I giving Kṛṣṇa’s most powerful instructions the importance they deserve?

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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