Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionIn the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, Kṛṣṇa is manifested in five different features, known as the pañca-tattva, to whom Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja offers his obeisances in the fourteenth verse of the Caita…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionWith verse 15, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī begins offering his obeisances directly to Kṛṣṇa Himself. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja was an inhabitant of Vṛndāvana and a great devotee. He had been living with his f…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionWhen Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī was living in Vṛndāvana, there were not very many temples. At that time the three principal temples were those of Madana-mohana, Govindajī and Gopīnātha. As a resident …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionWhen this is established, in the sixteenth verse Kṛṣṇadāsa offers his obeisances to the functional Deity, Govinda. The Govinda Deity is called the functional Deity because He shows us how to serve Rād…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionVṛndāvana is actually experienced as it is by persons who have stopped trying to derive pleasure from material enjoyment. “When will my mind become cleansed of all hankering for material enjoyment so …
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionFinally Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī offers his blessings to his readers in the name of the Gopīnātha Deity, who is Kṛṣṇa as master and proprietor of the gopīs. When Kṛṣṇa played upon his flute, all the…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - IntroductionKṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī petitions the blessings of Lord Gopīnātha: “May that Gopīnātha, the master of the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa, bless you. May you become blessed by Gopīnātha.” The author of the Caitanya-c…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - PrefaceThe Lord demands that one surrender unto Him by following these six guidelines, but the unintelligent so-called scholars of the world misunderstand these demands and urge the general mass of people to…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - PrefaceLord Caitanya therefore teaches direct worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who appeared as the foster child of the King of Vraja. He also teaches that the place known as Vṛndāvana is as good as Lord Kṛṣṇa because,…
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - PrefaceLord Caitanya’s teachings are identical to those given by Lord Kapila, the original propounder of sāṅkhya-yoga, the sāṅkhya system of philosophy. This authorized system of yoga teaches meditation on t…
