Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 22.73
Love, Friendship, Mercy, and Appropriate Distance
“ ‘An intermediate, second-class devotee shows love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is friendly to all devotees and is very merciful to neophytes and ignorant people. The intermediate devotee neglects those who are envious of devotional service.
What the purport teaches
- The intermediate devotee shows love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and friendship toward all devotees.
- He is very merciful to neophytes and ignorant people.
- He neglects those who are envious of devotional service.
Try this today
Offer one kind word of encouragement to a beginner in devotional service today.
Ask yourself
How can I show greater friendship to devotees or mercy to someone just beginning?
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.