Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction“Yet there is another unmanifested nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihila…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionIt is not possible to imagine how far this material manifestation extends. In the material world everything is calculated by imagination or by some imperfect method, but the Vedic literatures give rea…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction“I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvān, and Vivasvān instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikṣvāku.” (Bg. 4.1) This is the m…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionOne may ask that if Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, then why did He need a spiritual master? Of course He did not need a spiritual master, but because He was playing the role of ācārya (one who …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionIn Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is a great deal of information given about the Vaikuṇṭha planetary systems, which are beyond the material universe. Similarly, a great deal of inconceivable information is g…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionThe Vedas inform us that beyond this cosmic manifestation there are extensive planets in the spiritual sky. This material manifestation is regarded as only a small portion of the total creation. The m…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionAs stated before, the material universes are manifested by the Lord in the form of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Just as a husband and wife combine to beget offspring, Mahā-Viṣṇu combines with His wife māyā, or materia…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Introduction“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” Viṣṇu impregnates māyā, the material natur…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionCountless universes reside like seeds within the skin pores of Mahā-Viṣṇu, and when He exhales, they are all manifested. In the material world we have no experience of such a thing, but we do experien…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionIn the first eleven verses of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī thus discusses Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Lord Nityānanda …
