इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् । मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ ७ ॥ ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛtsnaṁ paśyādya sa-carācaram mama dehe guḍākeśa yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi Synonyms iha — in this; eka-stham — in one place; jagat — … Read More
CHAPTER 5 Associating with Kṛṣṇa If one gets something superior, he naturally gives up all inferior things. We want enjoyment, but impersonalism and voidism have created such an atmosphere that we have become addicted to material … Read More
CHAPTER 2 Elevation at Death There are different kinds of transcendentalists who are called yogīs – haṭha-yogīs, jñāna-yogīs, dhyāna-yogīs, and bhakti-yogīs – and all of them are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The … Read More
CHAPTER THIRTY The Transcendental Pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa The difference between ordinary religious activities and devotional service is very great. By executing religious rituals one can achieve economic development, sense gratification or liberation (merging into … Read More
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Ecstasy of the Lord and His Devotees The symptoms of highly developed devotional service for Kṛṣṇa, which are exhibited by the pure devotees, are sometimes imitated by those who are not actually pure … Read More
CHAPTER NINE The Opulences of Kṛṣṇa Since Lord Caitanya is especially merciful to innocent, unsophisticated persons, His name is also Patita-pāvana, the deliverer of the most fallen conditioned souls. Although a conditioned soul may be fallen … Read More
CHAPTER TWO Sanātana Gosvāmī vande ’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhum nīco ’pi yat-prasādāt syād bhakti-śāstra-pravartakaḥ I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest status of life can find direction … Read More
A Note About this Edition Śrīla Prabhupāda completed Teachings of Lord Caitanya in 1967, and his Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (then known as ISKCON Press) published it in 1968. In 1974 the BBT published an extensively revised … Read More
Lord Caitanya’s Mission Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of Kṛṣṇa, a task which His followers have continued to carry out down to the present day. The elaborations and expositions … Read More
Introduction Originally delivered as five morning lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta – the authoritative biography of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī – before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New York City, April 10–14, 1967. The … Read More
Īśo 14 sambhūtiṁ ca vināśaṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaḿ saha vināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā sambhūtyāmṛtam aśnute Synonyms sambhūtim — the eternal Personality of Godhead, His transcendental name, form, pastimes, qualities and paraphernalia, the variegatedness of His abode, … Read More
Īśo 4 anejad ekaṁ manaso javīyo nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat tad dhāvato ’nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti Synonyms anejat — fixed; ekam — one; manasaḥ — than the mind; javīyaḥ — more swift; … Read More
Introduction “Teachings of the Vedas” Delivered as a lecture by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda on October 6, 1969, at Conway Hall, London, England. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s subject matter is the … Read More
ŚB 1.18.31 एष किं निभृताशेषकरणो मीलितेक्षण: । मृषासमाधिराहोस्वित्किं नु स्यात्क्षत्रबन्धुभि: ॥ ३१ ॥ eṣa kiṁ nibhṛtāśeṣa- karaṇo mīlitekṣaṇaḥ mṛṣā-samādhir āhosvit kiṁ nu syāt kṣatra-bandhubhiḥ Synonyms eṣaḥ — this; kim — whether; nibhṛta–aśeṣa — meditative mood; karaṇaḥ … Read More
Question Dear Guru Mahārāja Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You and Srila Prabhupāda. I am currently reading chapter 26 of the third canto in the SB. I really don’t understand any of … Read More
#nabha nabha nabha-okasaḥ — the inhabitants of the sky, or the birds; SB 2.6.13-16 nabha-okasaḥ — birds; SB 2.10.37-40 puṣkara-nābha-māyayā — by the illusory energy of Puṣkaranābha, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; SB 4.6.48 abja-nābha … Read More
