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The Changing Meals of a Traveling Mendicant
“Advaita Ācārya replied, “Sir, You are a mendicant traveling on pilgrimage. Sometimes You eat fruits and roots, and sometimes You simply go on fasting.”
What the purport teaches
- Advaita Ācārya addressed Nityānanda Prabhu as a mendicant traveling on pilgrimage.
- He said that sometimes such a traveler eats fruits and roots.
- At other times, the traveler simply continues fasting.
Try this today
Before eating today, pause to appreciate having a meal available.
Ask yourself
What does this description help me notice about the uncertainty of a traveling mendicant’s meals?
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.