Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 3. The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThe word śruta in śrutekṣita-pathaḥ refers to the Vedas, and īkṣita indicates that the way to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead is by proper study of the Vedic scriptures. One cannot imagi…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 3. The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuOne cannot speak of Urugāya (the Lord, who is glorified by sublime prayers) unless one is transcendentally elevated. The Lord has innumerable forms, as the Brahma-saṁhitā confirms (advaitam acyutam an…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuOne can ascertain the meaning of this Sanskrit śloka only when one is endowed with the causeless mercy of Lord Caitanya. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, being the absolute Personality of Godhead, cannot be exposed to…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuDuring the period of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, the killing of asuras or nonbelievers such as Kaṁsa and Jarāsandha was done by Viṣṇu, who was within the person of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such apparent killing by Lor…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuIn the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa affirms that formerly (some 120 million years before the Battle of Kurukṣetra) He explained the mystic philosophy of the Gītā to the sun-god. The …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuIn the Caitanya-caritāmṛta three kinds of devotional service are described — namely, bhakti (ordinary devotional service), śuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service) and viddha-bhakti (mixed devotional s…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuWhen devotional service is executed with some material purpose, involving fruitive activities, mental speculations or mystic yoga, it is called mixed or adulterated devotional service. Besides bhakti-…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuFor those grossly engaged in identifying the body as the self, pious activity, or karma-yoga, is recommended. For those who identify the mind with the self, philosophical speculation, or jñāna-yoga, i…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThose who are spontaneously devoted to the Lord and have no aims for material gain are called attracted devotees. They are spontaneously attracted to the service of the Lord, and they follow in the fo…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - 4. The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuPure devotional service is represented in the activities of the residents of Vrajabhūmi (Vṛndāvana). During a solar eclipse, the Lord came from Dvārakā and met the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana at Samanta-…
