Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThere are innumerable authoritative statements in the Vedas regarding the personal feature of the Absolute Truth. Some of them are as follows:
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(1) From the Ṛk-saṁhitā (1.22.20):
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(2) From the Nārāyaṇātharva-śira Upaniṣad (1-2): nārāyaṇād eva samutpadyante nārāyaṇāt pravartante nārāyaṇe pralīyante. . . . atha nityo nārāyaṇah. . . . nārāyaṇa evedaṁ sarvaṁ yad bhūtaṁ yac ca bhavy…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(3) From the Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (1.4): yataḥ prasūtā jagataḥ prasūtī. “Nārāyaṇa is the source from whom all the universes emanate.”
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(4) From the Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra: paramātmā harir devaḥ. “Hari is the Supreme Lord.”
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead“O best of the brāhmaṇas, please tell us of the position of Nārāyaṇa, who is also known as Brahman and Paramātmā.”
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThose who are fond of mental speculation (jñāna-mārga) or want to meditate in mystic yoga to find the Absolute Truth must approach the impersonal effulgence of the Lord and His partial representation …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe Lord is the reservoir of all cosmic manifestation, animate and inanimate. The advocates of Viśiṣṭādvaita-vāda philosophy explain the Vedānta-sūtra by saying that although the living entity has two…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe controlling Deities of the living beings in the mundane worlds are the three puruṣa-avatāras. But the potent energy displayed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa is far more extensive than that of the puruṣas. Śrī Kṛṣṇa…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe three puruṣas — Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu — all have a relationship with the material energy, called māyā, because through māyā They create the material co…
