Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe vilāsa forms are six in number. Incarnations are of two varieties, namely śakty-āveśa (empowered) and aṁśāveśa (partial). These incarnations also come within the category of prābhava and vaibhava …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe Personality of Godhead manifests Himself in six different features: (1) prābhava, (2) vaibhava, (3) empowered incarnations, (4) partial incarnations, (5) childhood and (6) boyhood. The Personality…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe internal potency of the Lord, which is called cit-śakti or antaraṅga-śakti, exhibits variegatedness in the transcendental Vaikuṇṭha cosmos. Besides ourselves, there are unlimited numbers of libera…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThis is the first verse of the fifth chapter of the Brahma-saṁhitā.
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadIt is not contradictory for a devotee to call the Supreme Lord by any one of the various names of His plenary expansions, because the original Personality of Godhead includes all such categories. Sinc…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadThe Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (5.383) states:
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead“According to the intimate relationships between Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, and His devotees, the Purāṇas describe Him by various names. Sometimes He is called Nārāyaṇa; sometimes Upendra (Vāmana),…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadProstrating himself at the feet of his readers, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta entreats them in all humility to hear with rapt attention these conclusive arguments regarding the Absolute Truth.…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadWhen Brahmā described the situation of pure devotees freed from the culture of empiric philosophy and fruitive actions, he recommended the process of hearing from persons who are on the path of devoti…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 2. Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead“A person who is expert in understanding the conclusion of the revealed scriptures and who fully surrenders to the cause of the Lord is actually able to deliver others from the clutches of material ex…
