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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 5.130

An Opportunity to Offer the Desired Gift

“That very hole is still there, and you can use it to set the pearl you desired to give Me.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 5.130, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The hole was still there and could receive the pearl.
  • The pearl was a gift the speaker knew the giver desired to offer.
  • The speaker explained how that desire to give could be fulfilled.

Try this today

Take one concrete step today toward making an offering you have been intending to give.

Ask yourself

What small offering have you wanted to make but have not yet made?

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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