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Devotional Service Is the Most Important Education

“On one occasion the Lord inquired, “Of all types of education, which is the most important?””

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 8.245, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord asks which type of education is most important.
  • Rāmānanda Rāya identifies transcendental devotional service of Kṛṣṇa as the essential education.
  • His reply gives no other education importance apart from devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.

Try this today

Take a moment today to consider how one thing you are learning could support your service to Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How could your learning support devotional service of Kṛṣṇa?

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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