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  1. 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 Kṛṣṇa’s ultimate ...

  2. Prologue

    by 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 the town of ...

  3. 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 on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are ...

  4. 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was staying there, they both became very ...

  5. 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 form of life can find ...

  6. 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, everything is being explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī by the ...

  7. CHAPTER FOUR: The Wise Man

    Since no one can trace the history of the living entity’s entanglement in material energy, the Lord says that it is beginningless. By beginningless it is meant that conditional life exists prior to the creation; it is simply manifested during and ...

  8. CHAPTER FIVE: How to Approach God

    Actually 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 the perfectional stage, but by the process of devotional service ...

  9. CHAPTER SIX: His Forms Are One and the Same

    By devotional service one can understand that Kṛṣṇa first of all manifests Himself as svayam-rūpa, His personal form, then as tad-ekātma-rūpa, and then as āveśa-rūpa. It is in these three features that He manifests Himself in His ...

  10. CHAPTER SEVEN: Unlimited Forms of Godhead

    According to the Vaiṣṇava almanac, the twelve months of the year are named according to the twelve Vaikuṇṭha forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and these forms are known as the predominating Deities for the twelve months. This calendar begins with the month of ...

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