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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Dedication

Presented to my friendsand devotees who like to readmy books and who approached me to requestthat I render the greatCaitanya-caritāmṛta into English.A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

(Originally delivered as five morning lectures on the Caitanya-caritāmṛta — the authoritative biography of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī — before the International Society for…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

The word caitanya means “living force,” carita means “character,” and amṛta means “immortal.” As living entities we can move, but a table cannot because it does not possess living force. Movement and …

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

But how is this living force displayed immortally? It is not displayed by man or any other creature in this material universe, for none of us are immortal in these bodies. We possess the living force,…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

An analogy will help us understand the distincion between ourselves and God. From the ground we may see only clouds in the sky, but if we fly above the clouds we can see the sun shining. From the sky,…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu should therefore not be considered one of us. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the supreme living entity, and as such He never comes under the cloud of māyā. Kṛṣṇa, His expansions and eve…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

And māyā, illusion, says to us, “Don’t do it, or you’ll be out of my clutches. Just stay in my clutches, and I’ll kick you.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

It is a fact that we are constantly being kicked by māyā, just as the male ass is kicked in the face by the she-ass when he comes for sex. Similarly, cats and dogs are always fighting and whining when…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction

Māyā has many ways to entrap us, and her strongest shackle is the female. Of course, in actuality we are neither male nor female, for these designations refer only to the outer dress, the body. We are…

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