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Hear With Faith and Love

“Whoever hears Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes with faith and love very soon attains shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.239, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The verse invites everyone to hear Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
  • It emphasizes hearing with faith and love.
  • Whoever hears in this way very soon attains shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet.

Try this today

Read one of these pastimes aloud and listen attentively, with a wish to attain the Lord’s shelter.

Ask yourself

How can you bring more faith and love to your hearing of the Lord’s pastimes?

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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