All Live lessons

Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.337

Learn the details of worship carefully

“The items of worship, such as water, conchshell, flowers, incense and lamp, should be described. You should also mention chanting softly, offering prayers, circumambulating and offering obeisances. All these should be carefully described.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 24.337, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Items used in worship include water, conchshell, flowers, incense and lamp. These should be carefully described.
  • Chanting softly, offering prayers, circumambulating and offering obeisances should also be explained.
  • All these matters are mentioned in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa. Its eighth vilāsa should be consulted as far as possible.

Try this today

Today, take a quiet moment to offer a prayer and obeisances.

Ask yourself

Which aspect of worship would you like to understand more carefully?

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.

A practice of bhakti from the book's own listHear Śrīmad-BhāgavatamCC Madhya 22.131Next · LeadTeach what you are livingTurn this chapter into a timed class plan or a short reel script.Open Lecture Studio