Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.43
Development Illustrated Through Sugarcane
“This development is compared to sugarcane seeds, sugarcane plants, sugarcane juice, molasses, crude sugar, refined sugar, sugar candy and rock candy.
What the purport teaches
- This development is compared to a sequence beginning with sugarcane seeds and sugarcane plants.
- The comparison continues through sugarcane juice, molasses and crude sugar.
- The final stages named are refined sugar, sugar candy and rock candy.
Try this today
Write the stages from sugarcane seeds to rock candy in order, and reflect briefly on the gradual development they illustrate.
Ask yourself
What does this sequence help you notice about gradual development?
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.