Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.291
Immature Devotees Also Belong on the Path
“Within the category of regulative devotional service, there are also immature devotees. These are also of four varieties. Thus in regulative devotional service there are altogether sixteen varieties.
What the purport teaches
- Regulative devotional service includes immature devotees as well as mature and perfected devotees.
- Immature devotees are also of four varieties.
- Altogether, regulative devotional service includes sixteen varieties of devotees.
Try this today
Make a short note that immature devotees are included on this path, and let it encourage today's devotional service.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that immature devotees are included encourage me to continue devotional service?
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.