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The Eight Teachings of Sri Caitanya

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ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam

sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam

anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam

sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam

 

 

Glory to the sri-krsna-sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all

the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of

conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana

movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it

spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all

transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental

bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are

always anxious.

 

 

 

 

 

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namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis

tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah

etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi

durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah

 

 

 

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living

beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna

and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all

Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules

for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us

to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate

that I have no attraction for them.

 

 

 

 

 

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trnad api sunicena

taror api sahisnuna

amanina manadena

kirtaniyah sada harih

 

 

 

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of

mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one

should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false

prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In

such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord

constantly.

 

 

 

 

 

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4

na dhanam na janam na sundarim

kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye

mama janmani janmanisvare

bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

 

 

 

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I

desire beautiful women nor do I want any number of followers. I only

want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

 

 

 

 

 

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ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram

patitam mam visame bhavambudhau

krpaya tava pada-pankaja-

sthita-dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya

 

 

 

O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet

somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death.

Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of

the atoms at Your lotus feet.

 

 

 

 

 

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nayanam galad-asru-dharaya

vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira

pulakair nicitam vapuh kada

tava nama-grahane bhavisyati

 

 

 

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing

constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up,

and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of

Your name?

 

 

 

 

 

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7

yugayitam nimesena

caksusa pravrsayitam

sunyayitam jagat sarvam

govinda-virahena me

 

 

 

O Govinda! Feeling Your separations I am considering a moment to be

like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like

torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your

absence.

 

 

 

 

 

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aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam

adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato

mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

 

 

 

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if

He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by

not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything

and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord,

unconditionally.

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