Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 7.72
Softness and firmness coexist in great personalities
“This is the nature of the mind of an uncommon personality. Sometimes it is soft like a flower, but sometimes it is as hard as a thunderbolt.”
What the purport teaches
- The mind of an uncommon personality may sometimes be soft like a flower.
- At other times, it may be as hard as a thunderbolt.
- These qualities are reconciled in the behavior of a great personality; they do not have to be viewed separately.
Try this today
Reflect for one minute on the flower and thunderbolt images, allowing both to inform your understanding of greatness.
Ask yourself
Do I expect a great personality to show only tenderness and never firmness?
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.