Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 22.61
Follow Vedic Principles Until Devotional Taste Awakens
“ ‘As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.’
What the purport teaches
- The instruction concerns one who is not yet satiated by fruitive activity.
- It also concerns one whose taste for devotional service has not awakened through śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ.
- As long as these conditions remain, one must act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.
Try this today
Take a quiet minute to reflect on whether fruitive activity still attracts you and whether your taste for devotional service is growing.
Ask yourself
Do I honestly recognize my remaining attraction to fruitive activity and my need to develop devotional taste?
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.