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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.48

Ecstasies Combine to Deepen Spiritual Taste

“Permanent ecstasy becomes a more and more relishable transcendental mellow through the mixture of special ecstasy, subordinate ecstasy, natural ecstasy and transitory ecstasy.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 23.48, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Permanent ecstasy becomes a more and more relishable transcendental mellow.
  • Special ecstasy and subordinate ecstasy are part of this mixture.
  • Natural ecstasy and transitory ecstasy also enter the mixture that makes permanent ecstasy increasingly relishable.

Try this today

List the four kinds of ecstasy that mix with permanent ecstasy, keeping the translation’s wording.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the variety of ecstasies contributing to this increasing 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.

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