Speech, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

Love of God Transcends Liberation, Surrender to Krishna Alone

📅 April 20, 1975 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 27 min
Love of Krishna is humanity's forgotten birthright, awakened through sincere chanting and devotional service.
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Speech, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.53 — Vṛndāvana, April 20, 1975 750420SP-VRNDAVAN [27:16 Minutes] CcMadhya-19.053_750420SP-VRNDAVAN Speech_750420SP-VRNDAVAN Prabhupāda: Śrīman... [break] ...kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanyanāmine gaura-tviṣe namaḥ [Cc. Madhya 19.53] śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare Śrīman Rajya-pala Sahib... [Hindi] Acyutānanda Swami, he has tried to speak in Hindi, and you have heard him.

So similarly, [Hindi]. So he has given me permission to speak in English. Devotees: Haribol! Prabhupāda: Thank you. [chuckles] Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is addressed by Rūpa Gosvāmī as mahā-vadānyāya. namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanyanāmine gaura-tviṣe namaḥ [Cc. Madhya 19.53] So Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmine. He has assumed the name of Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. Actually He is Kṛṣṇa. That is confirmed in Vedic literature.

Especially in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣa ākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ [SB 11.5.32] So Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, after taking His sannyāsa order, His name was Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. So Rūpa Gosvāmī said that "You are Kṛṣṇa. You have now come as Kṛṣṇa Caitanya." Why? Kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te [Cc. Madhya 19.53]: "Just to distribute love of Kṛṣṇa." And Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission was premā pum-artho mahān. Generally people understand dharma artha kāma mokṣa [SB 4.8.41, Cc. Ādi 1.90], but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that above mokṣa, above liberation, there is love of God. That is wanted. Premā pum-artho mahān.

And this is confirmed in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satām, vāstavya-vastu vedyam atra [SB 1.1.2]. And Śrīdhara Svāmī says that kaitava-dharma... In simple word, cheating. Kaitava means cheating, or false.

So when there are false dealings, that is cheating. So according to Vyāsadeva, dharma artha kāma mokṣa, that is not very essential thing. Real thing is how to advance in the science of loving God, Kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-prema. And the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yena ātmā samprasīdati [SB 1.2.6] If you want really peace, then you should stand on the platform of paro dharma. Paro dharma.

Just like Kṛṣṇa has described, apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parāh [Bg. 7.5]. Parā and para. Parā is applicable to the puruṣa, and para is applicable to the prakṛti. So we are prakṛti, we are not puruṣa.

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