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The Eighth Chapter of #i#Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta#/i# is summarized by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his #i#Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya#/i#. In this chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa #i#mantra#/i# does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called #i#aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra#/i# (CC Antya 14.99). That is also an offense. One should seriously and sincerely continue to chant the Pañca-tattva names #i#śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda#/i#. All these #i#ācāryas#/i# will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart. When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa #i#mahā-mantra#/i#. Previous to the composition of #i#Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta#/i#, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called #i#Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata#/i#. Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his #i#Caitanya-bhāgavata#/i# have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in #i#Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta#/i#. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote #i#Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta#/i#. Thus we are now able to relish its transcendental bliss.
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