Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.11
Pure Devotional Service Is the Ultimate Goal
“At the time, all the South Indian Vaiṣṇavas were worshipers of Lord Rāmacandra. Some were Tattvavādīs, and some were followers of Rāmānujācārya.”
What the purport teaches
- The South Indian Vaiṣṇavas were worshipers of Lord Rāmacandra. Some were Tattvavādīs, and others followed Rāmānujācārya.
- Tattvavādīs are followers of Śrīla Madhvācārya, whose disciplic succession comes from Lord Brahmā. They oppose impersonalism and establish the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī established pure devotional service, love of Godhead, as the ultimate goal of transcendentalism. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s followers are known as the Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya, distinct from the Tattvavādīs although belonging to the same Tattvavāda-sampradāya.
Try this today
Write down the goal stated here: pure devotional service, love of Godhead.
Ask yourself
What would it mean for me to make pure devotional service, love of Godhead, my goal?
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.