Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.93
Choose Devotional Service for True Spiritual Progress
“With the exception of devotional service, all the methods of self-realization are like the nipples on the neck of a goat. Therefore an intelligent person adopts only devotional service, giving up all other processes of self-realization.
What the purport teaches
- Without devotional service, other methods of self-realization and spiritual life are useless.
- They are compared to the nipples on a goat’s neck: although they may appear able to produce milk, they cannot.
- Only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position. An intelligent person therefore adopts devotional service, giving up other processes of self-realization.
Try this today
Review one spiritual practice you rely on, and consider whether devotional service is central to it.
Ask yourself
Are you placing spiritual hope in a method apart from 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.