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750408CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.15 — April 8, 1975, Māyāpur 750408CC-MAYAPUR [26:36 Minutes] Audio [aside conversation while verse recitation is going on] Devotee (1): Prabhupāda, you want this [indistinct]? Prabhupāda: Ācārya-[indistinct] means beginning from your spiritua

750409CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.16 — April 9, 1975, Māyāpur 750409CC-MAYAPUR [30:23 Minutes] Audio Santoṣa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] dīvyad-vṛndār

750404CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.11 — April 4, 1975, Māyāpur 750404CC-MAYAPUR [32:54 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ

750403CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.10 — April 3, 1975, Māyāpur 750403CC-MAYAPUR [23:40 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhoda-śā

Simply hearing submissively will free one’s heart from all the faults of ignorance, and thus one will achieve deep love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the path of peace.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of pl

Through the actions of these two bhāgavatas the Lord instills the mellows of transcendental loving service into the heart of a living being, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control of the devotee’s love.

The first wonder is that both brothers appear simultaneously, and the other is that They illuminate the innermost depths of the heart.

These two, the sun and moon, are very kind to the people of the world. Thus for the good fortune of all, They have appeared on the horizon of Bengal.

750327CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.3 — March 27, 1975, Māyāpur 750327CC-MAYAPUR [29:49 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] yad advaitaṁ brahmopaniṣadi ta

All the pastimes enacted by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His ādi-līlā were recorded in summary form by Murāri Gupta.

My dear devotees of Lord Caitanya, let me now write a synopsis of the ādi-līlā; I write of these pastimes in brief because it is not possible to describe them in full.

Advaita Ācārya’s very confidential servant named Kamalākānta Viśvāsa knew all the dealings of Advaita Ācārya.

Now I have worshiped all the various levels of devotees. Worshiping them is the source of all good fortune.

Thus I have summarized the incidents of the ādi-līlā. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described them elaborately [in his Caitanya-bhāgavata].

Therefore I shall enumerate the chapters of the Ādi-līlā. In the first chapter I offer obeisances to the spiritual master, for this is the beginning of auspicious writing.

The thirteenth branch was Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī, and the fourteenth was Vallabha-caitanya dāsa. Both of these great personalities were always filled with love of Kṛṣṇa.

As Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī talked inconsistently when She met Uddhava, so also Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished, both day and night, such ecstatic talk in the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Acyutānanda, the thirty-fifth devotee, was the son of Advaita Ācārya. He also lived with Lord Caitanya, taking shelter of His lotus feet at Jagannātha Purī.

All the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma village, headed by Vāṇīnātha Vasu, were servants of Lord Caitanya, who was their only life and wealth.

Personal associates like Gadādhara, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Rāya, and the six Gosvāmīs (headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī) are all situated in their respective transcendental humors. Thus the Lord submits to various positions in various transcendental mellows.

The pastimes of His household life are known as the ādi-līlā, or the original pastimes. His later pastimes are known as the madhya-līlā and antya-līlā, or the middle and final pastimes.

Thus there are seventeen varieties of subjects in the first canto, which is known as the Ādi-līlā. Twelve of these constitute the preface of this scripture.

“Such mistakes should be considered negligible. One should see only how such poets have displayed their poetic power.

The sons, servants and family members of Śivānanda Sena constituted a subbranch. They were all sincere servants of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Govindānanda and Govinda Datta, the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth branches of the tree, were performers of kīrtana in the company of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Govinda Datta was the principal singer in Lord Caitanya’s kīrtana party.

In His original pastimes there are four divisions: bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora and yauvana [childhood, early boyhood, later boyhood and youth ].

One subbranch of Haridāsa Ṭhākura consisted of the residents of Kulīna-grāma. The most important among them was Satyarāja Khān, or Satyarāja Vasu, who was a recipient of all the mercy of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

“The use of the word ‘kevala’ [‘only’] prohibits all other processes, such as the cultivation of knowledge, practice of mystic yoga, or performance of austerities and fruitive activities.

The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating, which begins with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.

The sun and moon dissipate the darkness of the external world and thus reveal external material objects like pots and plates.

I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.

All these devotees were associates of the Lord from the very beginning, and when the Lord took up residence in Jagannātha Purī, they remained there to serve Him faithfully.

All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, have their own emotional humors in which they render service unto Him.

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the internal potencies of the Lord, of whom Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu is the foremost.

Among these branches, Rūpa and Sanātana were principal. Anupama, Jīva Gosvāmī and others, headed by Rājendra, were their subbranches.

The tenth chapter describes the branches and subbranches of the main trunk and the distribution of their fruits.

Examples of such vilāsa-vigrahas are Baladeva, Nārāyaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma, and the catur-vyūha — Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

[Herein the author again describes the Pañca-tattva.] Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Extending to the borders of the river Sindhu and the Himalayan Mountain valleys, these two branches expanded throughout India, including all the places of pilgrimage, such as Vṛndāvana, Mathurā and Haridvāra.

The fifteenth branch was Śrīnātha Cakravartī; the sixteenth, Uddhava; the seventeenth, Jitāmitra; and the eighteenth, Jagannātha dāsa.

Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, the forty-sixth branch of the tree, was one of the most dear servants of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He left all his material possessions to surrender completely unto the Lord and live at His lotus feet.

Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva are qualitative incarnations. Empowered incarnations are those like the Kumāras, King Pṛthu and Mahāmuni Vyāsa [the compiler of the Vedas].

Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.

Pretending to be sick, the Lord asked some food from the house of Hiraṇya and Jagadīśa on the Ekādaśī day.

In his book Caitanya-maṅgala [which later became Caitanya-bhāgavata], Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has very elaborately described the Lord’s pastimes of study.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

With an ardent desire to serve the purpose of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Then Śacīmātā would take her son on her lap and pacify Him, and the Lord would be very much ashamed, admitting His faults.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Jagadīśa Paṇḍita, the fifteenth branch of Lord Nityānanda’s followers, was the deliverer of the entire world. Devotional love of Kṛṣṇa showered from him like torrents of rain.

We can see in the scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the conduct of its author, Śrī Vyāsadeva. After speaking the narration, he repeats it again and again.

I wish to place the lotus feet of the Gosvāmīs on my head. Their names are Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī. Placing their lotus feet on my head, always hoping to serve them, I, Kṛṣṅadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta,

The twentieth branch of the Caitanya tree was Haridāsa Ṭhākura. His character was wonderful. He used to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa 300,000 times a day without fail.

To taste the mellows of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s loving affairs in Her relationship with Kṛṣṇa, and to understand the reservoir of pleasure in Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Himself, as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepted the mood of Rādhārāṇī.

In His childhood the Lord was taken away by two thieves outside His home. The Lord, however, got up on the shoulders of the thieves, and while they were thinking they were safely carrying the child to rob His ornaments, the Lord misled them, and thus instead of going to their own home the thieves ca

On one occasion the Lord ate the food of a brāhmaṇa guest three times, and later, in confidence, the Lord delivered that brāhmaṇa from material engagement.

750326CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.2 — March 26, 1975, Māyāpur 750326CC-MAYAPUR [26:12 Minutes] Audio Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] vande śrī-kṛṣṅa-caitanya-

750330CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.6 — March 30, 1975, Māyāpur 750330CC-MAYAPUR [26:59 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: "Desiring to understand the glory of Rādhārāṅī's love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when She realiz

750402CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.9 — April 2, 1975, Māyāpur 750402CC-MAYAPUR [31:02 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] māyā-bhartājāṅḍa-saṅghāśrayāṅga

750401CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.8 — April 1, 1975, Māyāpur 750401CC-MAYAPUR [32:35 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] māyātīte vyāpi-vaikuṅṭha-loke p

750328CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.4 — March 28, 1975, Māyāpur 750328CC-MAYAPUR [19:01 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] anarpita-carīṁ

750329CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.5 — March 29, 1975, Māyāpur 750329CC-MAYAPUR [34:15 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] rādhā-kṛṣṅa-pra

750331CC.MAY Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.7 — March 31, 1975, Māyāpur 750331CC-MAYAPUR [23:42 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: "May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Saṅkarṣaṅa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṅus who lie on the Kāraṅa Ocean, the Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are

690607CC.NV Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17.21 — June 7, 1969, New Vrindavan 690607CC-NEW VRINDAVAN [26:15 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Thank you very

740504MW.BOM Morning Walk — May 4, 1974, Bombay 740504MW-BOMBAY [23:22 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: Everything is perverted reflection. Janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]: "Everything is born from the Absolute Truth." So unless there is something in the Absolute Truth, how it can be reflected here? Ev

771016R1.VRN Room Conversation About 10th Canto — October 16, 1977, Vṛndāvana 771016R1-VRNDAVAN [34:28 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: They are taking Hindi books like hotcakes. Abhirāma: But he's complaining... Prabhupāda: Yes. Abhirāma: ...that they're not arriving. [break] Prabhupāda: We can

750710IN.CHI Lecture and Initiation — July 10, 1975, Chicago 750710IN-CHICAGO [14:58 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṅayāvatīrṅaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnataḥ ujjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare... [break] ...śacī-

680727LE.MON Lecture [Partially Recorded] — July 27, 1968, Montreal 680727LE-MONTREAL [06:03 Minutes] Audio Prabhupāda: ...caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda [I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṅa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śr

750910SB.VRN Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.7 — September 10, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750910SB-VRNDAVAN [26:22 Minutes] Audio Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Sixth Canto, Second Chapter, verse number seven. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] ayaṁ hi kṛta-nirveśo janma-koṭy-aṁhasām api yad v