CHAPTER FIVE How to Approach God In truth, all Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The paths of fruitive activities, speculative knowledge, and meditation do not lead one to … Read More
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 … Read More
CHAPTER THREE Teachings to Sanātana Gosvāmī From the instructions of Lord Caitanya to Sanātana Gosvāmī we can understand the science of God as it relates to God’s transcendental form, His opulences, and His devotional service. Indeed, … 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 … Read More
CHAPTER ONE Teachings to Rūpa Gosvāmī Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the younger brother of Sanātana Gosvāmī, went to Prayāga, the modern city of Allahabad, with his younger brother Vallabha. When the two brothers heard that Lord … 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
Prologue by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura This account originally appeared in a short work by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura entitled “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: His Life and Precepts.” (August 20, 1896) Caitanya Mahāprabhu was born in Māyāpur, in … Read More
Preface There is no difference between the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā. The teachings of Lord Caitanya are practical demonstrations of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s teachings. Lord … 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 … 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. … Read More
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Lord Caitanya and Rāmānanda Rāya The author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has described Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the ocean of transcendental knowledge and Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya as the cloud which is produced from that ocean. … Read More
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Conversations with Prakāśānanda According to the principles of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments are strictly prohibited, for they are considered to be sinful activities. The Māyāvādī sannyāsī is simply supposed … Read More
