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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.170

Steady Eagerness Awakens Spiritual Consciousness

“ ‘Those who are eager to awaken their spiritual consciousness and who thus have unflinching, undeviated intelligence certainly attain the desired goal of life very soon.’

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 24.170, translation

What the purport teaches

  • This teaching from the Nāradīya Purāṇa encourages eagerness to awaken spiritual consciousness.
  • Those who seek this awakening have unflinching, undeviated intelligence. Their determination remains directed toward their spiritual goal.
  • Such eager and steady seekers certainly attain the desired goal of life very soon.

Try this today

Write down your spiritual goal and give it five minutes of undistracted attention today.

Ask yourself

What distracts my intelligence from the desire to awaken spiritual consciousness?

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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