Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER FOUR The Wise Man
CHAPTER FOUR The Wise Man Since no one can trace the history of the living entity’s entanglement in material energy, Lord Caitanya said that it is beginningless. By “beginningless” He meant that conditioned life exists prior … Read More
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER THIRTY The Transcendental Pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
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
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Ecstasy of the Lord and His Devotees
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
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER NINE The Opulences of Kṛṣṇa
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
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, A Note About this Edition
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
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Lord Caitanya’s Mission
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
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam After the conversion of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs to the path of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, many scholars and inquisitive people visited the Lord at Benares. Since it was not possible for everyone to see Caitanya … Read More
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER EIGHT The Avatāras
CHAPTER EIGHT The Avatāras Lord Caitanya continued explaining to Sanātana Gosvāmī about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s avatāras, or incarnations, which are His expansions who come to the material creation. The word avatāra means “one who descends from the … Read More
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Supreme Perfection
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Supreme Perfection Whatever position one may have, if he is fully conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can become a bona fide spiritual master – an initiator or a teacher … Read More