Category: Chaitanya Charitamrita

Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu displayed the mood of one drowned in the ocean of ecstatic mellows during the course of His last 12 years of manifest pastimes. He wailed day in day out in separation from His beloved Sri Krishna during the Gambhira pastimes at Puri. Continue reading “Bhakti Tattva – Part Four”

The transcendental position of Vishuddha Sattva is also described in Bhagavat Sandarbha.The Bhagavata Sandarbha establishes that the Personality of Godhead is the original compiler of the Vedic system and thus establishes the aspect of Bhagawan that is the form of Parabrahman or the original Purusa, Sri Krishna.The Paramatma Sandarbha describes the particular aspect of Godhead that exists in the heart of every living entity. Continue reading “Bhakti Tattva – Part Three”

The Lord Sriman Mahaprabhu bifurcated the entire movement into 2 parts. He appointed Rupa Goswami as the head of the sadhakas at Vrindavana and appointed Sri Nityananda Prabhu as his chief preacher of the Holy Name and sent Him amongst the jeevas or living entities in Bengal to encourage them to take to Krishna Bhajana. Sri Nityananda Prabhu is the very fountainhead of devotional activity and soon flooded Gauda desha or Bengal with the mellows of devotional activity.The two brothers Gaura and Nitai are non-different and each considered the other dear as one’s own life. Lord Nityananda sold Himself to the village folk of Bengal. He would render Himself to anyone who would once utter the name “Gaura”. He thus established the brilliance of Sri Gauracandra. Sri Nityananda delivered everyone in Gauda desha although the entire land was strewn with fallen ones. This was the glory of Sri Nityananda Prabhu; the fountainhead of Love of Godhead. Continue reading “Bhakti Tattva – Part Two”

Based on the Chaitanya Charitamrita ; this is a series of articles that delineates the Bhakti tattva rooted on the life and teachings of Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The article series focuses on the Madhya leela of the great work. Continue reading “Bhakti Tattva – Part One”