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This episode explores the concept of a 'steel-framed heart' as discussed in Canto 2, Chapter 3 of the Srimad Bhagavatam, particularly in the context of sincere spiritual practice that seems unchanging.

What does it mean if years of sincere practice haven't changed you? Not for lack of effort, not for lack of concentration, but because something harder to name is holding you in place. The Srimad Bhagavatam calls this a steel-framed heart, and Canto 2, Chapter 3 is where it delivers that diagnosis. This episode explores one of the most densely cited chapters in the entire Bhagavatam. Of its 25 verses, Prabhupada quoted 19 in his writings and lectures, compared to just three from the 37-verse ...

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