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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.260

Prepare a Simple Home for Devotion

“Nārada Muni continued, ‘Leave your home and go to the river. There you should construct a small cottage, and in front of the cottage you should grow a tulasī plant on a raised platform.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 24.260, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Nārada Muni instructed the hunter to leave home and go to the river.
  • He directed the hunter to construct a small cottage there.
  • A tulasī plant was to grow on a raised platform in front of the cottage. The following instructions would make her care part of the hunter’s daily devotional life.

Try this today

Choose a small, simple place in your home where you can chant each day.

Ask yourself

How can your living space support a simple daily devotional practice?

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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