Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadVirāṭ (the phenomenal manifestation of the Supreme Whole), hiraṇyagarbha (the numinous soul of everything), and kāraṇa (the cause, or causal nature) are all but designations of the puruṣas, who are re…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadBrahmā has confirmed that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, the source of the three manifestations known as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu (Mahā-Viṣṇu). For His pastimes, …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThis rhetorical rule appears in the Ekādaśī-tattva, Thirteenth Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words. An unknown object should not be put before the known subject because the object …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam has listed the avatāras, the plenary expansions of the puruṣa, and Lord Kṛṣṇa appears among them. But the Bhāgavatam further explains Lord Kṛṣṇa’s specific position as the Supreme Pe…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadBhrama refers to false knowledge or mistakes, such as accepting a rope as a snake or an oyster shell as gold. Pramāda refers to inattention or misunderstanding of reality, and vipralipsā is the cheati…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe Brahma-saṁhitā, chapter five, verse 46, states that the viṣṇu-tattva, or the principle of the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is like a lamp because the expansions equal their origin in all respe…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(1) Sarga: the first creation by Viṣṇu, the bringing forth of the five gross material elements, the five objects of sense perception, the ten senses, the mind, the intelligence, the false ego and the …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(2) Visarga: the secondary creation, or the work of Brahmā in producing the moving and unmoving bodies in the universe (brahmāṇḍa).
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(3) Sthāna: the maintenance of the universe by the Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu’s function is more important and His glory greater than Brahmā’s and Lord Śiva’s, for although Brahmā is the cre…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead(4) Poṣaṇa: special care and protection for devotees by the Lord. As a king maintains his kingdom and subjects but nevertheless gives special attention to the members of his family, so the Personality…
