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TEACHINGS

of

LORD CHAITANYA




A TREATISE ON FACTUAL SPIRITUAL LIFE


Lord Caitanya


BY

A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI

Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness



Published by:

International Society for Krishna Consciousness


Branches Throughout the World


Headquarters: 61 Second Avenue
New York City, N.Y. 10003
U.S.A.






Copyright © 1968 International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc. (ISKCON)




Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 68-29320
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST EDITION





The Prologue is reprinted from
Chaitanya—His Life and Precepts
by Srila Bhaktivinode
Calcutta, India (1895)




Readers interested in the subject matter of this
book are invited by the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness to correspond with its Secretary.









12/14 Point Bembo Typeface
Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan






Namah om vishnu padaya krishna presthaya bhutale
Srimate bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine



We offer our respeciful obeisances to Bhaktivedanta Swami
Who is so dear unto Krishna on this earth due to His
taking shelter unto the Lord's Lotus Feet.



We prostrate ourselves at the Lotus Feet of our Beloved Spiritual Master and offer this treasured book to His Divine Grace on our bowed heads. We came to Him looking for broken pieces of glass, and He has bestowed upon us a priceless gem. He has opened our eyes, which blinded by the darkness of atheism, mental speculation, and sense gratification, to the glorious light of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His transcendental words are seeds which in our hearts have bloomed into the perfection of human life—the discovery that God lives and that we can live with Him—Krishna Consciousness.


The Publishers                   








DEDICATED TO




The Sacred Service


of


SRILA SACHCHIDANANDA BHAKTIVINODE THAKUR




Who Initiated The Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

in

The Western World

(McGill University, Canada)

in 1896

The Year Of My Birth








A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI








ACKNOWLEDGEMENT




My thankful acknowledgement is due to Sriman Brahmananda Brahmachary (Mr. Bruce Scharf ), Sriman Gargamuni Brahmachary (Mr. Gregory Scharf) and Sriman Satyabrata Brahmachary (Mr. Stanley Moskowitz) for their financial help for this publication, and I beg to thank Sriman Rayarama Brahmachary (Mr. Raymond Marais), Sriman Satsvarupa Brahmachary (Mr. Stephen Guarino) and Sriman Madhusudan Brahmachary (Mr. Michael Blumert) for editing and typing the manuscript, and Sriman Goursundar Das Adhikary (Mr. Gary McElroy) and his good wife, Srimati Govinda Dasi (Mrs. Bonnie McElcoy) who are always engaged to see to my personal comforts and I am so much obliged to them for their drawing all the nice pictures contained in this great publication.

All glories to the devotees engaged in the matter of Krishna Consciousness. I am sure that Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu will bestow His Causeless Mercy upon everyone who is engaged in pushing the cause of Krishna Consciousness.


A.C.B         








Sri Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
SRI SRIMAD A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
THE FOUNDER ACHARYA OF ISKCON AND GREATEST EXPONENT
OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WESTERN WORLD


Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj
SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASWATI GOSWAMI MAHARAJ
THE SPIRITUAL MASTER OF SRILA A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
AND FOREMOST SCHOLAR AND DEVOTEE IN THE RECENT AGE


Gour Kisore Das Babaji Maharaj
SRILA GOUR KISORE DAS BABAJI MAHARAJ
THE SPIRITUAL MASTER OF SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANT A SARASWATI GOSWAMI
AND INTIMATE STUDENT OF SRILA THAKUR BHAKTIVINODE


Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode
SRILA THAKUR BHAKTIVINODE
THE PIONEER OF THE PROGRAM FOR BENEDICTING
THE ENTIRE WORLD WITH KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
BY THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LORD CHAITANYA


Sri Pancha Tattva
SRI PANCHA TATTVA
LORD KRISHNA CHAITANYA SURROUNDED (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)
BY HIS AVATAR (ADWAITA ACHARYA), HIS EXPANSION
(LORD NITYANANDA), HIS MANIFEST INTERNAL ENERGY
(SRI GADADHAR), AND HIS PERFECT DEVOTEE (SRI SRINIVAS)


ama Mayapur
SRIDHAMA MAYAPUR
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SUPREME LORD SRI KRISHNA CHAITANYA
IN THE PROVINCE OF GAUDA IN BENGAL