Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Photo Gallery His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  • Beginning early in the morning, Nrsimhananda Brahmacari cooked many varieties of food, including vegetables, cakes, sweet rice and other preparations. After he finished cooking, he brought separate dishes for Jagannatha and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He also separately offered dishes to Nrsimhadeva, his worshipable Deity. Thus he divided all the food into three offerings. Then, outside the temple, he began to meditate upon the Lord. In his meditation he saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quickly come, sit down and eat all three offerings, leaving behind no remnants.

  • When all the Vaisnavas were chanting the holy names ‘Hari, Hari’ and eating, they remembered how Krsna and Balarama ate with Their companions the cowherd boys on the bank of the Yamuna.

Lord Caitanya and Prasadam

“Beginning early in the morning, Nrsimhananda Brahmacari cooked many varieties of food, including vegetables, cakes, sweet rice and other preparations. After he finished cooking, he brought separate dishes for Jagannatha and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He also separately offered dishes to Nrsimhadeva, his worshipable Deity. Thus he divided all the food…

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  • Sitadevi appreciated that except for a difference in color, the child was directly Kirshna of Gokula Himself.

  • The Lord would take all the offerings meant for Lord Siva.

  • Mother Saci snatched the dirt from the hands of Lord Caitanya [Nimai] and inquired why He was eating it. (p. 143)

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu as a Child

Sitadevi appreciated that except for a difference in color, the child was directly Krishna of Gokula Himself. (Adi-lila 3, p. 119) Mother Saci snatched the dirt from the hands of Lord Caitanya [Nimai] and inquired why He was eating it. (Adi-lila 3, p. 143) The Lord would take all the…

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  • Srimati Radhika fulfills all the desires of Lord Krishna.

  • Do not expect honor, but offer all respect to others. Always chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, and within your mind render service to Radha and Krsna in Vrndavana.

  • O beautiful-faced one, who is this creative person standing before us? With the sharp chisels of His loving glances, He is splitting the hard stones of many women’s devotion to their husbands. And with the luster of His body, surpassing the brilliance of countless emeralds, He is simultaneously constructing private meeting places for His pastimes.

  • O most beautiful friend, please accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is standing before you full of transcendental bliss. The borders of His eyes roam from side to side, and His eyebrows move slowly like bumblebees on His lotuslike face. Standing with His right foot placed below the knee of His left leg, the middle of His body curved in three places, and His neck gracefully tilted to the side, He takes His flute to His pursed lips and moves His fingers upon it here and there.

  • Among the many transcendental lovers of Krishna, the gopis [cowherd girls of Vrndavana] are the best, and among the gopis Srimati Radharani is the best.

  • The gopis saw their beloved Krishna at Kuruksetra after a long separation.

Radha, Krishna and the Gopis

 Srimati Radhika fulfills all the desires of Lord Krishna. (Adi-lila 1, p. 286) The gopis saw their beloved Krishna at Kuruksetra after a long separation. (Adi-lila 1, p. 313) Among the many transcendental lovers of Krishna, the gopis [cowherd girls of Vrndavana] are the best, and among the gopis Srimati…

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  • Radha and Krishna are one, but They have assumed two bodies. Now They have appeared in one body as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

  • While Lord Caitanya was in the ecstasy of Baladeva, all the devotees assembled together and danced, overwhelmed by ecstasy.

  • Lord Caitanya exhibited His Varaha form in the house of Murari Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the Sri Caitanya tree.

  • Lord Caitanya appeared with the sentiment of Radha and preached the chanting of the holy name.

Lord Caitanya’s relationship with Krishna

Radha and Krishna are one, but They have assumed two bodies. Now They have appeared in one body as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (Adi-lila 1, pp. 264-265) Lord Caitanya appeared with the sentiment of Radha and preached the chanting of the holy name. (Adi-lila 1, p. 345) Lord Caitanya exhibited His…

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