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The Increasing Manifestations of Divine Love

“Love of Godhead increases and is manifested as affection, counterlove, love, attachment, subattachment, ecstasy and sublime ecstasy.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 23.42, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Love of Godhead increases rather than remaining at one level.
  • It is manifested as affection, counterlove, love and attachment.
  • Its manifestations also include subattachment, ecstasy and sublime ecstasy.

Try this today

Read the seven manifestations aloud slowly, keeping their given order.

Ask yourself

How does this description deepen your sense of the richness of love of Godhead?

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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