Benefits One Receives Reading Sri Caitanya Caritamrta

If one hears this description (Lord Caitanya meeting Srila Sanatana Gosvami - chapters 20 through 24), all moroseness in the heart will diminish. (CC Madhya 24.351)

By reading these instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī, one will become fully aware of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s various expansions and the process of devotional service according to the regulative principles and spontaneous love. Thus everything can be fully known. (CC Madhya 24.352)

By reading these instructions, a pure devotee can understand love of Kṛṣṇa, the mellows of devotional service and the conclusion of devotional service. Everyone can understand all these things to their ultimate end by studying these instructions. (CC Madhya 24.353)

Thus I have described the second meeting of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Anyone who hears of this incident will certainly attain shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (CC Antya 1.222)

As one hears about this, atheistic principles and ignorance depart. (CC Antya 3.46)

If one patiently hears about the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu — and Their devotees, devotional activities, names and fame, along with the mellows of Their transcendental loving exchanges — one will learn the essence of the Absolute Truth. (CC Adi 1.108-109)

Simply hearing submissively will free one’s heart from all the faults of ignorance, and thus one will achieve deep love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the path of peace. (CC Adi 1.107)