Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 I shall now describe a very small portion of the activities performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with His mind, intelligence and body when He was bewildered by strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! All glories to Lord Gauracandra, the life and soul of His devotees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 All glories to Lord Nityānanda, who is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's very life! And all glories to Advaita Ācārya, who is extremely dear to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 All glories to Svarūpa Dāmodara and all the other devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura! Please give me the strength to describe the character of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's emotion of transcendental madness in separation from Kṛṣṇa is very deep and mysterious. Even though one is very advanced and learned, he cannot understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 How can one describe unfathomable subject matters? It is possible only if Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives him the capability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī recorded all these transcendental activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in their notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 In those days, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī lived with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whereas all other commentators lived far away from Him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 These two great personalities [Svarūpa Dāmodara and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī] recorded the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu moment by moment. They described these activities briefly as well as elaborately in their notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Svarūpa Dāmodara wrote short notes, whereas Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī wrote elaborate descriptions. I shall now describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's activities more elaborately, as if fluffing out compressed cotton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Please hear faithfully this description of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's ecstatic emotions. Thus you will come to know of His ecstatic love, and ultimately you will achieve love of Godhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt separation from Kṛṣṇa, His condition exactly corresponded to that of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana after Kṛṣṇa's departure for Mathurā. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 The lamentation of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī when Uddhava visited Vṛndāvana gradually became a feature of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's transcendental madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's emotions exactly corresponded to those of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī when She met Uddhava. The Lord always conceived of Himself in Her position and sometimes thought that He was Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Such is the state of transcendental madness. Why is it difficult to understand? When one is highly elevated in love of Kṛṣṇa, he becomes transcendentally mad and talks like a madman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 "When the ecstatic emotion of enchantment gradually progresses, it becomes similar to bewilderment. Then one reaches the stage of astonishment [vaicitrī], which awakens transcendental madness. Udghūrṇā and citra-jalpa are two among the many divisions of transcendental madness." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 One day while He was resting, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dreamed He saw Kṛṣṇa performing His rāsa dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Lord Kṛṣṇa standing with His beautiful body curved in three places, holding His flute to His lips. Wearing yellow garments and garlands of forest flowers, He was enchanting even to Cupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 The gopīs were dancing in a circle, and in the middle of that circle, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, danced with Rādhārāṇī. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed with the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, and He thought, "Now I am with Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 When Govinda saw that the Lord had not yet risen, he awakened Him. Understanding that He had only been dreaming, the Lord was somewhat unhappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His customary daily duties, and at the usual time He went to see Lord Jagannātha in the temple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 As He viewed Lord Jagannātha from behind the Garuḍa column, hundreds and thousands of people in front of Him were seeing the Deity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Suddenly, a woman from Orissa, unable to see Lord Jagannātha because of the crowd, climbed the column of Garuḍa, placing her foot on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 When he saw this, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's personal servant, Govinda, hastily got her down from her position. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, chastised him for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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