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Simple Work Supporting Service

“Subuddhi Rāya would collect dry wood in the forest and take it to the city of Mathurā to sell. For each load he would receive five or six paise.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.204, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Subuddhi Rāya collected dry wood in the forest and carried it to Mathurā to sell.
  • He received five or six paise for each load.
  • The following verses explain that he lived on a small part of these earnings and saved the rest to serve Vaiṣṇavas.

Try this today

Choose one small resource from your daily work—time, effort, or money—to use in serving a devotee.

Ask yourself

How could a small part of your daily work support service to others?

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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