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CC daily 211 – 7.59-63 – Our devotion is seen in our appreciation for others devotion

CC daily 210 – 7.54-58 – The Lord adjusts his plans to accomodate his devotees

CC daily 209 – 7.50-53 – Serve according to capacity; don’t crave for services we cant do

CC daily 208 – 7.46-49 – To lose a treasure we have just appreciated is devastating

CC daily 207 – 7.42-45 – Appreciate the sweetness that underlies Vaishnava etiquette

CC daily 206 – 7.39-41 – Understand the CV needed to be the Lord’s servant

CC daily 205 – 7.36-38 – Ensure that the Lord’s service is done, even if we can’t do it ourselves

CC daily 204 – 7.33-35 – More important than our desire for the Lord’s proximity is his pleasure

CC daily 203 – 7.30-32 – The Lord’s seeming hard-heartedness is due to his soft-heartedness

CC daily 202 – 7.27-29 – The Lord tastes the devotees affection while reproaching their action

CC daily 201 – 7.25-27 – Neglect of etiquette can be due to disrespect – and due to love too

CC daily 200 – 7.23-24 – Non-expression of emotion conveys depth of affection

CC daily 199 – 7.21-22 – Insistence is a sign of intimacy

CC daily 198 – 7.18-20 – The Lord reproaches the disruption of his plans but appreciates the underlying devotion

CC daily 197 – 7.15-17 – Love seeks proximity and safety of beloved

CC daily 196 – 7.10-14 – The Lord’s external reason for South India tour conceals his inner reason

CC daily 195 – 7.9 – The bhakti movement is nourished not by inreach or outreach but by loving exchanges

CC daily 194 – 7.7-8 – The call of duty is not a license for insensitivity

CC daily 193 – 7.4-6 – Cycilicity of time is a universal truth

CC daily 192 – 7.2-3 – The Lord doesnt rest on his laurels but desires to spread mercy further

CC daily 191 – 7.1 – The summary reflects the systematic structure of the book

CC daily 189 – 6.278-80 – Sarvabhauma’s dramatic transformation points to the transformer’s divinity

CC daily 188 – 6.277 – Training our emotions is the key to transforming them

CC daily 187 – 6.275-76 – The test of our devotion is our inner response to outer devotional stimulation

CC daily 185 – 6.273 – Learn from the learned how to see Krishna in all shastric statements

CC daily 184 – 6.272 – See mukti not as separate from Krishna but as sheltered in Krishna

CC daily 183 – 6.271 – Revelation needs to be understood through the living tradition

CC daily 182 – 6.270 – Changing psychological orientation is more important than changing geographical location

CC daily 181 – 6.269 – Wanting to merge in the personal absolute is a colossal self-deprivation

CC daily 180 – 6.267-68 – Focus on internalizing conviction not parroting denunciation

CC daily 177 – 6.263 – When compared to devotion, liberation is deprivation

CC daily 176 – 6.262 – Action contrary to expectation provokes question of intention

CC daily 175 – 6.261 – Accepting responsibility for our misery opens our heart to mercy

CC daily 174 – 6.260 – The tradition had robust mechanisms for preserving accuracy in scriptural transmission

CC daily 173 – 6.259 – Diving deep into scripture is the life of transcendentalists

CC daily 173 – 6.257 – To appreciate a devotional rags-to-riches story, understand what the rags and riches are

CC daily 172 – 6.256 – The glorifier of the supremely glorious also becomes glorious

CC daily 171 – 6.255 – Sarvabhauma’s devotion manifests as aspiraton for total absorption

CC daily 170 – 6.254 – Sarvabhauma’s prayer expresses his philosophical insight and personal realization

CC daily 169 – 6.253 – Humility means to not delight in one’s glory

CC daily 168 – 6.246-252 – Devotees anticipate the Lord’s actions and serve him proactively

CC daily 167 – 6.245 – Recognizing spiritual position as more important that material position reflects devotional realization

CC daily 166 – 6.243-44 – Association grants us entry into the symbiosis of endeavor and mercy

CC daily 165 – 6.242 – Ten intensifiers heighten the clarion call to chanting

CC daily 164 – M 6.241 – Lord Chaitanya is the topmost propagator of the topmost limb of bhakti

CC daily 163 – M 6.239-40 – Awareness of our insignificance before Krishna animates our devotion

CC daily 162 – M 6.238 – Share Krishna not out of not ego but love

CC daily 161 – M 6.237 – Singular focus on Krishna reflects not fanaticism but intensity of devotion and compassion

CC daily 160 – M 6.236 – Minimization or rejection of devotion represents the ultimate pride

CC daily 159 – M 6.235 – Deathstyle represents the death of the intelligence at the hands of style

CC daily 158 – M 6.234 – Bhakti is Vedic and trans-Vedic

CC daily 157 – M 6.233 – Faith is not a treasure that we can hide in a locker

CC daily 156 – M 6.232 – Cultivate faith as a choice and await faith as mercy

CC daily 155 – M 6.229-231 – Lord Chaitanya’s definition of success is the conquest of the heart

CC daily 154 – M 6.226-228 – Appreciation of transcendence is often beyond material comprehension

CC daily 153 – M 6.225 – Urgency to honor prasad can be due to sense gratification or due to spontaneous devotion

CC daily 152 – M 6.220-224 – Devotion drives away the dullness that sees the rule but not its purpose

CC daily 151 – M 6.215-219 – Sarvabhauma jubilantly accepts the triumph of the heart over the head

CC daily 150 – M 6.214 – Logic is a way of thinking and a school of thought

CC daily 149 – M 6.213 – Don’t mistake heartfelt erudite appreciation with self gratification

CC daily 148 – M 6.212 – Ecstasy and sobriety are both meant for service

CC daily 147 – M 6.211 – Our achievements are due to not our greatness but devotees’ desires and Krishna’s mercy

CC daily 146 – M 6.210 – Lord Chaitanya’s mercy makes the defeated delighted, not devastated

CC daily 140 – M 6.204 – Sarvabhauma’s transformation is not just intellectual but all-encompassing

CC daily 145 – M 6.209 – Don’t laugh at others – laugh with others

CC daily 144 – M 6.208 – Lord Chaitanya shares supremely the supreme ecstasy of the supreme devotee

CC daily 143 – M 6.207 – Sarvabhauma’s ecstasy overload makes him swoon

CC daily 142 – M 6.206 – Sarvabhauma’s scholarship supersedes that of Keshava Kashmiri in disposition and content

CC daily 141 – M 6.205 – Liberation in devotion is the zenith of liberation

CC daily 139 – M 6.203 – Krishna’s defining depiction reflects his loving disposition

CC daily 138 – M 6.202 – The bhakti conception of the divine is polymorphic mono-theism

CC daily 137 – M 6.201 – Self-criticism is for our disposition not our composition

CC daily 136 – M 6.200 – Pride alters our destination by distorting our vision

CC daily 135 – M 6.198-99 – What the Bhagavatam teaches in principle it demonstrates in practice

CC daily 134 – M 6.196-97 – Krishna’s qualities pull our mind towards him – other spiritual goals don’t

CC daily 133 – M 6.187-95 – Sarvabhauma is outplayed at his own game

CC daily 132 – M 6.185-86 – Attraction of the liberated to the Lord demonstrates the transcendence of his qualities

CC daily 131 – M 6.183-84 – Lord Chaitanya defeats Sarvabhauma without dishonoring him

CC daily 130 – M 6.182 – Impersonalism gives Vedic facade to voidism

CC daily 129 – M 6.181 – Rationalization enables us to believe what we want to believe

CC daily 128 – M 6.180 – Don’t make peoples emotion come in the way of their reason

CC daily 127 – M 6.179 – Understand scripture not by coming up with an original interpretation, but by coming to the original intention

CC daily 126 – M 6.178 – Use the three-fold typology to understand import of scripture

CC daily 125 – M 6.177 – Sarvabhauma’s last-ditch strategies dont last

CC daily 124 – M 6.176 – Sarvabhauma fights till the end

CC daily 123 – M 6.175 – tat tvam asi is a statement of direction not conclusion

CC daily 122 – M 6.174 – Lord Chaitanya turns the impersonalist strategy of maha-vakya on impersonalists

CC daily 121 – M 6.173 – Impersonalist notion of illusion is itself an illusion

CC daily 120 – M 6.172 – Impersonalist interpretation for preserving Vyasas correctness ascribes bigger mistake to him

CC daily 119 – M 6.171 – See the world not as a product of illusion but as an arena for purification

CC daily 118 – M 6.170 – Parinama vada explains the nature of reality, whereas vivarta vada runs into stone-walls

CC daily 117 – M 6.163-69 – Mayavada deems the way out of prison as a way within the prison

CC daily 116 – M 6.161-62 – Krishnas form is not a product of illusion but the pathway out of illusion

CC daily 115 – M 6.158-60 – All of Krishnas energies – even his illusory energy – serve him lovingly

CC daily 114 – M 6.157 – Krishna’s energies may get materially contaminated, he doesn’t

CC daily 113 – M 6.152-56 – Impersonalism is not just non-scriptural, but also anti-scriptural

CC daily 112 – M 6.150-51 – Use arthapatti to reconcile all scripture, not lakshana to reject some scripture

CC daily 111 – M 6.145-49 – The eyes before creation are transcendental, not material

CC daily 110 – M 6.143 – The ablative, instrumental and locative point to the personal Absolute Truth

CC daily 109 – M 6.142 – In the Upanishads the impersonal conception gives way to the personal