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# Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures Total lectures: 134 ## 1966 - [[spoken/1966/661127cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.66–96]] — November 27, 1966, New York Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not write any book in His own hand - [[spoken/1966/661128cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.97–99]] — November 28, 1966, New York Therefore Lord Caitanya instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī about Kṛṣṇa through devotional service - [[spoken/1966/661129cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.100–108]] — November 29, 1966, New York So Sanātana prabhu is, by his personal behavior, he's presenting himself that \"People say that I am very learned, but actually I am not learned - [[spoken/1966/661130cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.100–118]] — November 30, 1966, New York So here it is stated that brahmaṇas tās tu, bhavanti tapatāṁśreṣṭha pāvakasya yathoṣṇatā - [[spoken/1966/661201cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.118–119]] — December 1, 1966, New York So the answer was given by Śukadeva Gosvāmī that \"This very question was also put to Kṛṣṇa by your grandfather - [[spoken/1966/661202cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.119–121]] — December 2, 1966, New York Therefore it is advised that our fearfulness: \"How I shall live? - [[spoken/1966/661203cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.121–124]] — December 3, 1966, New York So Lord Caitanya says, \"Because people in general, by the influence of the illusory energy, they have forgotten their eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, therefore the Lord Himself, as Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa - [[spoken/1966/661204cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.124–125]] — December 4, 1966, New York So those who are against God-principle, those who are not God-minded, they're the lowest creature - [[spoken/1966/661205cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.125–136]] — December 5, 1966, New York We are actually king's son, the Supreme, Parameśvara, the Supreme Father - [[spoken/1966/661206cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.137]] — December 6, 1966, New York So Lord Caitanya explained to the poverty-stricken man that simile - [[spoken/1966/661207cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.137–142]] — December 7, 1966, New York So if you want God, Kṛṣṇa, then there is no other way except this devotional service - [[spoken/1966/661208cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.142–144]] — December 8, 1966, New York \" Īśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī: \"My dear Lord, I may be put in any condition of My life, but please bestow this benediction, that I may not forget - [[spoken/1966/661209cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.144–146]] — December 9, 1966, New York So Padma Purāṇa is a sattvika purāṇa, for men who are in the modes of goodness - [[spoken/1966/661210cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.146, 149–51]] — December 10, 1966, New York So in the nine cantos of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, all these different nine manifestation of His energies are described - [[spoken/1966/661211cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.152–154]] — December 11, 1966, New York So Lord Caitanya is describing about the personal feature of Lord Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1966/661212cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.154–157]] — December 12, 1966, New York So Lord Caitanya has explained the particular features of Kṛṣṇa, and He's giving evidence from Brahma-saṁhitā and other authentic Vedic literatures - [[spoken/1966/661213cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.156–162 [Partial Recording]]] — December 13, 1966, New York So the Absolute Truth is manifested according to the vision of the seer - [[spoken/1966/661215cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.164–173]] — December 15, 1966, New York , somebody questioned that \"How is that, sixteen thousand? - [[spoken/1966/661216cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.172–244]] — December 16, 1966, New York Now Kṛṣṇa's two particular names are Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Puruṣottama - [[spoken/1966/661217cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.245–255]] — December 17, 1966, New York But in the material world, when we speak of incarnation, that is in relationship with this material world - [[spoken/1966/661218cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.255–281]] — December 18, 1966, New York Now, so far this material creation is concerned, it is said here that \"By His material potency, He manifests this material world and unlimited universes within the material world - [[spoken/1966/661219cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.281–293]] — December 19, 1966, New York Now, He said, \"Now I have explained to you about the first incarnation, avatāra - [[spoken/1966/661220cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.294–298]] — December 20, 1966, New York We should be in love of God, means \"Oh, God has supplied us so many things - [[spoken/1966/661221cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.298–313]] — December 21, 1966, New York Now Lord Caitanya says, \"I have mentioned some of the līlāvatāra - [[spoken/1966/661222cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.313–317]] — December 22, 1966, New York So we have to accept these authorities, quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Vedic literature, and quoted by authority, Lord Caitanya - [[spoken/1966/661223cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.318–329]] — December 23, 1966, New York This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in which Brahmā, the creator of this particular universe, he says that \"I am engaged, I am appointed, by the Supreme Lord - [[spoken/1966/661224cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.330–335]] — December 24, 1966, New York So these fourteen Manus we have mentioned yesterday - [[spoken/1966/661225cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.334–341]] — December 25, 1966, New York So in the Satya-yuga, the age of goodness, in that age the meditation was possible - [[spoken/1966/661226cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.337–353]] — December 26, 1966, New York This is a śloka, verse, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in connection with conversation with Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and, when the description of this Kali-yuga was given, Mahārāja Parīkṣit became very sorry that, because he was a pious - [[spoken/1966/661227cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.353–354]] — December 27, 1966, New York So accept or no accept, His work, His activities, His characterize - [[spoken/1966/661228cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.354–358]] — December 28, 1966, New York Buddha's activities and Kṛṣṇa's activities, there is difference - [[spoken/1966/661229cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.358–359]] — December 29, 1966, New York Similarly, everything is there in the Supreme Personality of Godhead - [[spoken/1966/661230cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.360 [Partial Recording]]] — December 30, 1966, New York Now, we have been discussing this janmādy asya verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and this śloka, this verse, ascertains two features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa: constantly, eternally manifested features and temporary features - [[spoken/1966/661231cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.367–384]] — December 31, 1966, New York , you may remember that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, out of His six opulences, one opulence is renouncement ## 1967 - [[spoken/1967/670101cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.385–395]] — January 1, 1967, New York Similarly, kṛṣṇa-līlā is also just like an orbit - [[spoken/1967/670102cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.391–405]] — January 2, 1967, New York So Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the king Parīkṣit, inquired to his teacher, Śukadeva Goswami, that Kṛṣṇa is on this earth, He appeared on this earth for paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām, dharma saṁsthāpanārthāya - [[spoken/1967/670103cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.1–10]] — January 3, 1967, New York Kṛṣṇa means Kṛṣṇa Himself, His name, His place, nāma dhāma, His quality, then His entourage, then His pastime - [[spoken/1967/670104cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.13–48]] — January 4, 1967, New York Brahmā says that \"Although I am Brahmā, and before me all the great sages, everyone, has tried to know the Supreme Lord in,\" I mean to say, \"incomplete, but nobody could understand where is the end of these unlimited potencies of the Supreme Lord - [[spoken/1967/670105cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.49–61]] — January 5, 1967, New York This inferior energy is only one-fourth manifestation of the energy - [[spoken/1967/670106cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 21.62–67]] — January 6, 1967, New York Generally, those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness fully, they have—I have already explained to you—they have got all these twenty-six qualification - [[spoken/1967/670107cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.5]] — January 7, 1967, New York So if somebody may argue, \"Oh, if I completely engage myself in service of Kṛṣṇa, then what to do? - [[spoken/1967/670108cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.6–10]] — January 8, 1967, New York So this learned sage, by his experience he is saying that after studying all Vedic literature and all Upaniṣads, Vedānta, Purāṇam, four Vedas, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, volumes of literature, so the conclusion is that \"O my dear Lord,\" bhavān eva - [[spoken/1967/670109cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.11–15]] — January 9, 1967, New York So those who are eternally liberated, they love Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1967/670110cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.14–19]] — January 10, 1967, New York So we, the conditioned soul, is just like being kicked up by the material energy from this way to that way - [[spoken/1967/670111cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.21–28]] — January 11, 1967, New York Now, so far in confirmation of this statement that knowledge, cultivation of knowledge, is not sufficient to give one liberation—one must take to devotional service - [[spoken/1967/670115cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.27–31]] — January 15, 1967, New York This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Eleventh Canto - [[spoken/1967/670116cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.31–33]] — January 16, 1967, New York So here it is said, vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe 'muyā - [[spoken/1967/670120cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.19–30]] — January 20, 1967, San Francisco So far salvation is concerned, nobody can be liberated without bhakti, without devotional service - [[spoken/1967/670121cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.29]] — January 21, 1967, San Francisco So ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninaḥ - [[spoken/1967/670122cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.31–38]] — January 22, 1967, San Francisco Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the disciple of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī is quoting one verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in which it is said that simply for understanding, if you waste your time, but if you do not practically apply yourself, then it is - [[spoken/1967/670123cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.36–40]] — January 23, 1967, San Francisco So this sense gratification means, as it is said by Ṛṣabhādeva, na sādhu manye: \"I do not think it is very good - [[spoken/1967/670124cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.40–50]] — January 24, 1967, San Francisco This is a verse from Bhagavad-gītā, that those who are deriding upon God, \"God, there is no God; I am God,\" they are called asuras - [[spoken/1967/670205cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.39–47]] — February 5, 1967, San Francisco Just like in Christian religion, those who do not follow the Bible, they are called heathens - [[spoken/1967/670207cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.49–65]] — February 7, 1967, San Francisco Of course, in your country I do not know, but in our country, suppose a girl is married to a boy, and the boy has got father, mother, brothers and so many other relatives - [[spoken/1967/670208cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.66–76]] — February 8, 1967, San Francisco So Caitanya Mahāprabhu, five hundred years before, He knew it that in future the all these rascals will misinterpret Vedānta-sūtra - [[spoken/1967/670209cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.77–81]] — February 9, 1967, San Francisco So you'll find, throughout the whole instruction of Bhagavad-gītā, not that blindly - [[spoken/1967/670210cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.80–95]] — February 10, 1967, San Francisco Now the spiritual master is explaining, \"Yes, this is the right result of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1967/670217cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.106–107]] — February 17, 1967, San Francisco Now how we can hide yourself from the eyes of God? - [[spoken/1967/670218cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.108]] — February 18, 1967, San Francisco So viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt - [[spoken/1967/670223cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.113–17]] — February 23, 1967, San Francisco So His vision, His presence, His activities, they are all spiritual - [[spoken/1967/670224cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.118–120 [Partial Recording]]] — February 24, 1967, San Francisco Lord Caitanya, from different quotations of Vedas, He establishes that the Supreme Absolute Truth is person - [[spoken/1967/670318cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.149–171]] — March 18, 1967, San Francisco herein the explanation of Vedānta-sūtra from Caitanya Mahāprabhu [to] the Māyāvādī sannyāsī of Benares - [[spoken/1967/670415cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.108–109]] — April 15, 1967, New York So before studying Vedānta, we should understand this fact - [[spoken/1967/670416cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.109–114]] — April 16, 1967, New York So Caitanya Mahāprabhu is stressing that to read Vedic literature, Vedānta, Upaniṣad—these are principal literatures in the Vedic knowledge—then Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, all these books should be studied from the direct meaning ## 1968 - [[spoken/1968/680108cc.la|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.254]] — January 8, 1968, Los Angeles If you have got any other name for God, you can chant that also - [[spoken/1968/680202cc.la|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.254]] — February 2, 1968, Los Angeles So the vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga - [[spoken/1968/681021dt.sea|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Dictation]] — October 21, 1968, Seattle So in answer to this question, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmīhas concluded that although a person who is chanting without any offense the holy name of the Lord does not require to be initiated separately ## 1969 - [[spoken/1969/690607cc.nv|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17.21]] — June 7, 1969, New Vrindavan This is a verse from Vedic scripture, Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa, that \"In this age, if you want to realize yourself, then the simplest process is to chant this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra ## 1970 - [[spoken/1970/701205cc.ind|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 17.133]] — December 5, 1970, Indore If you can understand and there is no difficulty in understanding Him ## 1971 - [[spoken/1971/710126cc.all|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 20.1–36]] — January 26, 1971, Allahabad Śrī Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - [[spoken/1971/710130l4.all|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.149 in Hindi]] — January 30, 1971, Allahabad Kṛṣṇa-bhakta-niṣkāma, ataeva 'śānta' - [[spoken/1971/710201cc.all|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Lecture in Hindi]] — February 1, 1971, Allahabad But nobody followed that, the instruction was simple, that by avoiding any other thing, just surrender your life at the Lotus feet of Lord Krsna, no they did not listen, some one said that this Krsna is very proud, look he is saying that leave - [[spoken/1971/710203cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta 6.124 with Hanuman Prasad Poddar [Hindi translated into English]]] — February 3, 1971, Gorakhpur The last discussion was between Śrīla Prabhupāda and Hanuman Prasad Poddar invited at Gītā Press āśrama Wednesday - [[spoken/1971/710205cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 6.142–8, Lecture in Hindi]] — February 5, 1971, Gorakhpur So, Caitanya Mahāprabhu says brahma haite visva, this world has originated from Brahman, yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3 - [[spoken/1971/710212cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.149–50]] — February 12, 1971, Gorakhpur Now, here the Brahmā, the first authority, he is admitting Kṛṣṇa as Brahman, pūrṇa-brahma sanātanam - [[spoken/1971/710214cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.151–154]] — February 14, 1971, Gorakhpur Therefore Bhagavad-gītā says, sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā - [[spoken/1971/710216cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.154]] — February 16, 1971, Gorakhpur So one has to transcend these guṇas; then God realization, or understanding of Kṛṣṇa, can be achieved - [[spoken/1971/710217cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.119]] — February 17, 1971, Gorakhpur So jñānī, those who are actually searching after the Absolute Truth, they are very much appreciated in the Bhagavad-gītā - [[spoken/1971/710219cc.gor|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.154–155 [Śrī Kṛṣṇa-niketana]]] — February 19, 1971, Gorakhpur So here Caitanya Mahāprabhu quotes one verse from Viṣṇu Purāṇa: viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā - [[spoken/1971/710322cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.124–25]] — March 22, 1971, Bombay Caitanya-Mahāprabhu says that veda-śāstra kahe—'sambandha' - [[spoken/1971/710324cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.137–146]] — March 24, 1971, Bombay If liberation is offered to a devotee, he does not want it ## 1973 - [[spoken/1973/730910r1.sto|Room Conversation on Caitanya-caritāmṛta and with Dr. Christian von Paues, Psychiatrist]] — September 10, 1973, Stockholm So our material conception of life, this is also ghostly haunted, madness - [[spoken/1973/731209ch.la|Chanting Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 7th Chapter]] — December 9, 1973, Los Angeles The characteristics of Kṛṣṇa are understood to be a storehouse of transcendental love - [[spoken/1973/731214ch.la|Chanting Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 8th Chapter]] — December 14, 1973, Los Angeles \"The great sage Nārada said: 'My dear Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is always ready to help you - [[spoken/1973/731217ch.la|Chanting Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 10th and 11th Chapter]] — December 17, 1973, Los Angeles I offer my obeisances to all the dear devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the eternal tree of love of Godhead ## 1974 - [[spoken/1974/740301cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.1]] — March 1, 1974, Mayapur This is the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, appearance site of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīdhāma Māyāpur - [[spoken/1974/740302cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.2]] — March 2, 1974, Mayapur This is mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that in the Kali-yuga the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa is, by His bodily complexion, akṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1974/740303cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.3]] — March 3, 1974, Mayapur So here Caitanya-caritāmṛta is the teachings of Lord Caitanya and His life, practical life - [[spoken/1974/740304cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.4]] — March 4, 1974, Mayapur Sotattva, Absolute Truth, I tried to explain last night - [[spoken/1974/740307cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.5]] — March 7, 1974, Mayapur So far the substance is concerned, that is eka-vastu - [[spoken/1974/740309cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.7]] — March 9, 1974, Mayapur So we can very well understand that we are being maintained by Kṛṣṇa, and why we should not be ruled by Him? - [[spoken/1974/740313cc.vrn|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.91–2]] — March 13, 1974, Vrndavana So the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs everywhere, they are very proud of their Sanskrit education - [[spoken/1974/740315cc.vrn|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.8]] — March 15, 1974, Vrndavana He is accepted as Para-brahman in the Bhagavad-gītā by Arjuna: paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān ## 1975 - [[spoken/1975/750301cc.atl|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.1]] — March 1, 1975, Atlanta So Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī is writing Caitanya-caritāmṛta - [[spoken/1975/750325cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.1]] — March 25, 1975, Mayapur So that is described here, kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saṁjñakam - [[spoken/1975/750326cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.2]] — March 26, 1975, Mayapur So here Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Nityānanda, Their identification is Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma - [[spoken/1975/750327cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.3]] — March 27, 1975, Mayapur Now the author, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, is establishing with great stress that na caitanyāt kṛṣṇāt jagati para-tattvaṁ param iha: \"There is no greater truth than Kṛṣṇa Caitanya - [[spoken/1975/750328cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.4]] — March 28, 1975, Mayapur In the beginning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was appreciated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī as mahā-vadānyāvatāra - [[spoken/1975/750329cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.5]] — March 29, 1975, Mayapur Therefore Kavirāja Gosvāmī explains that \"This is not ordinary thing - [[spoken/1975/750330cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.6]] — March 30, 1975, Mayapur The Māyāvādī philosophers, they cannot conceive that Para-brahman also enjoys; therefore they think of Para-brahman as imperson - [[spoken/1975/750331cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.7]] — March 31, 1975, Mayapur That we know by following the footprints of mahājanas - [[spoken/1975/750401cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.8]] — April 1, 1975, Mayapur The creator of this universe, Kṛṣṇa, He says, duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam - [[spoken/1975/750402cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.9]] — April 2, 1975, Mayapur Yesterday we discussed about pūrṇāiśvarya, saṅkarṣaṇākhyam, nityānanda-rāmam, the Deity, the superintending Deity of the spiritual world - [[spoken/1975/750403cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.10]] — April 3, 1975, Mayapur Now, there are so many questions: \"How these oceans are created? - [[spoken/1975/750404cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.11]] — April 4, 1975, Mayapur So if Kṛṣṇa is not affected by this creation and annihilation, then we, being part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, why we should be affected by this creation and annihilation? - [[spoken/1975/750405cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.12]] — April 5, 1975, Mayapur So there are three principles—the īśvara principle and the māyā principle and the jīva principle—these three principles - [[spoken/1975/750406cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.13]] — April 6, 1975, Mayapur This is the business of ācārya, to spread bhakti cult - [[spoken/1975/750407cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.14]] — April 7, 1975, Mayapur It is always miserable condition—from the very beginning and up to the point of death, simply miserable condition - [[spoken/1975/750408cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.15]] — April 8, 1975, Mayapur So Kṛṣṇa begins, therefore, His instruction that \"Don't think you are this body - [[spoken/1975/750409cc.may|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.16]] — April 9, 1975, Mayapur So this description of Vṛndāvana is spiritually described; therefore in the beginning the word is used, dīvyad - [[spoken/1975/750420sp.vrn|Speech, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.53]] — April 20, 1975, Vrndavana ...kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmine gaura-tviṣe namaḥ - [[spoken/1975/751103cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.101-104]] — November 3, 1975, Bombay So, what is God, that is simplified, that nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām - [[spoken/1975/751109cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.100-108]] — November 9, 1975, Bombay So this is the problem, dehātma-buddhi, identifying oneself with this body - [[spoken/1975/751112cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.120]] — November 12, 1975, Bombay So in our last meeting we were discussing about the constitutional position of the living entity - [[spoken/1975/751116cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.108]] — November 16, 1975, Bombay Therefore it is said, jīvera 'svarūpa' haya-kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa' - [[spoken/1975/751117cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.110-111]] — November 17, 1975, Bombay So we can see that sun is in the center of the universe, but it is illuminating and heating the whole universe - [[spoken/1975/751124cc.bom|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.154]] — November 24, 1975, Bombay So we were discussing other night about the three principal energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ## 1976 - [[spoken/1976/760427cc.auc|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.98–102]] — April 27, 1976, Auckland, New Zealand So except human form of life, there are eight million different forms of life - [[spoken/1976/760704cc.wdc|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.98–99]] — July 4, 1976, Washington, D.C. So now, he's ācārya, Sanātana Gosvāmī, he's ācārya - [[spoken/1976/760705cc.wdc|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.100]] — July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C. Yes, that I'm already explaining, that āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra - [[spoken/1976/760706cc.wdc|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.101]] — July 6, 1976, Washington, D.C. You know Sanātana Gosvāmī, he was instructed by Caitanya Mahāprabhu for two months - [[spoken/1976/760707cc.bal|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.102]] — July 7, 1976, Baltimore 'ke āmi', 'kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya' ihā nāhi jāni-'kemane hita haya' - [[spoken/1976/760708cc.wdc|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.103]] — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C. So by the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu or by the mercy of the servants of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one can be enlightened as to the - [[spoken/1976/760710cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.104]] — July 10, 1976, New York So when one understands that \"I am not this body,\" he is not very much affected - [[spoken/1976/760711cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.105]] — July 11, 1976, New York That is spiritual master: one who can give you Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1976/760712cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.106]] — July 12, 1976, New York And so according to reference with sat and asat, there are two kinds of dharma - [[spoken/1976/760713cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.107]] — July 13, 1976, New York About Caitanya Mahāprabhu it is said in the Bhāgavatam, kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam - [[spoken/1976/760715cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.108–109]] — July 15, 1976, New York So māyā is very strong, that these mistakes continue even one is very advanced so-called spiritually - [[spoken/1976/760717cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.110]] — July 17, 1976, New York So anyway, our point is, either the sun or the moon, they are localized - [[spoken/1976/760719cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.111]] — July 19, 1976, New York So actually God is there, and His system is going on in three potencies - [[spoken/1976/760720cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.112]] — July 20, 1976, New York Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā - [[spoken/1976/760723cc.lon|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.113]] — July 23, 1976, London full of living entities, and the moon planet there is no living entity - [[spoken/1976/760817cc.hyd|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.395]] — August 17, 1976, Hyderabad But the sun will go somewhere where it is quarter to eight ## 1977 - [[spoken/1977/770124cc.bhu|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.128]] — January 24, 1977, Bhubaneswar So we should not accept anyone and everyone as Bhagavān