Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersThe words paścād aham indicate that the Lord exists after the dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. When the material world is dissolved, the Lord still exists personally in the Vaikuṇṭhas. During …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersYo ’vaśiṣyeta so ’smy aham indicates that the Lord is the balance that exists after the dissolution of the creation. The spiritual manifestation never vanishes. It belongs to the internal energy of th…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersIn the previous verse the Absolute Truth and its nature have been explained. One must also understand the relative truth to actually know the Absolute. The relative truth, which is called māyā, or mat…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersThe real nature of māyā, the illusory existence of the material manifestation, is clearly explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The Absolute Truth is substance, and the relative truth depends upon its relat…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersWhen the material manifestation appears very wonderful, this is due to a perverted reflection of the supreme sunshine, the Absolute Truth, as confirmed in the Vedānta-sūtra. Whatever one can see here …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersThat which is relative, temporary and far away from the Absolute Truth is called māyā, or ignorance. This illusion is exhibited in two ways, as explained in the Bhagavad-gītā. The inferior illusion is…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersThere are different grades and standards of prosperity. The standard of comfort and happiness conceived by a common man engaged in material labor is the lowest grade of happiness, for it is in relatio…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersOne should try to purchase a ticket to go back home, back to Godhead. The price of such a ticket is one’s intense desire for it, which is not easily awakened, even if one continuously performs pious a…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersOne should understand, through the transparent medium of the spiritual master, that the Supreme Lord exists everywhere in His transcendental spiritual nature and that the living entities’ relationship…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 1. The Spiritual MastersFrom this and the preceding three verses of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, which have been selected from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the missionary activities of Lord Caitanya can be understood. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ha…
