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Seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Transforms Faith

“All the residents of Vidyānagara were of different faiths, but after seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they abandoned their own faiths and became Vaiṣṇavas.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 8.301, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The residents of Vidyānagara belonged to different faiths.
  • After seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they abandoned their former faiths.
  • They became Vaiṣṇavas. The translation describes this change among all the residents.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and reflect for one minute on the residents’ response to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the change that seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu brought to these residents?

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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