Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

By: Priya Dasi

Prayers to Shri Gurudeva

Om Ajnana Timirandhasya Jnananjana Shalakaya Chakshur Unmilitam Yena Tasmai Shri Guruve Namaha

Namah Om Vishnu Padaya Radhikayai Priyatmane Shri Shrimad Bhakti Vedanta Narayana Iti Namine

Who is Caitanya Mahaprabhu?

• He is Krishna in the mood of Radha Rani • He brought many associates with him• Distributed Krishna Prema and the Hare Krishna Maha

Mantra in this Kali Yuga

Caitanya Mahaprabhu

• In a very young age, Caitanya Mahaprabhu took Sanyasa.

• His wife Vishnu Priya Devi is the embodiment of Prema Bhakti.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu goes to Puri• He visited Lord Jagannath everyday and saw Lord as

Vrajendra Nandana • Had many associates• Some are Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, Nityananda

Prabhu, Svaroop Damodara, Gadadara Pandit, Raya Ramananda, Haridas Thakura...

Haridas Thakur

• Born in Muslim family • He chanted 300,000 names, approximately 180

rounds in a day • Mahaprabhu named him Namacharya because of

this reason.

Haridas Thakur

• He always followed Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions.

• The Sikshastakam shloka:

Trinadapi Sunicena Taror Api Sahishnuna Amanina Mana Dena Kirtaniya Sada Hari

Trinadapi Sunicena

• Trinadapi Sunicena-thinking oneself lower than a blade of grass

• He thought himself lower than any other vaishnavas and always respected others.

Tarorapi Sahishnuna

• Tarorapi Sahishnuna-tolerant like a tree• Just like a tree we have to be tolerant to chant• Haridas Thakur was beaten in 22 marketplaces• He asked the Lord to forgive the people who were

beating him

Amanina Mana Dena

• Amanina Mana Dena-not expecting any respect but always giving respect to others

• Haridas Thakur always waited outside when Mahaprabhu was taking prasadam

Kirtaniya Sada Hari

• Kirtaniya Sada Hari-Always chanting names of Lord Hari• Haridas Thakur chanted day and night• He only slept for one and half hours• Even Durga Devi came to test Haridas Thakur and took

initiation from him

Hari Haraya Namaha

hari haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ

gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana giridhārī gopīnātha madana-mohana

śrī-caitanya-nityānanda śrī-advaita-sītā hari guru vaiṣṇaba bhāgavata gītā

śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunāthaśrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha

ei chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandan jāhā hoite bighna-nāś abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ

ānande bolo hari bhaja bṛndāban śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pade majāiyā man

śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pada-padma kori āśa nāma-sańkīrtana kohe narottama dāsa

Do we have these qualities?

• Being humble• Tolerant(not getting

angry for small reasons)• Giving respect to others

and not expecting any respect in return

• Always chanting the names of the Lord Hari with devotion

• Being proud and always wanting fame

• Getting angry and fighting for small things

• Always expecting respect & recognition

• Sometimes chanting and gossiping

Our Goal

• The qualities required for chanting will come by surrendering to Sad Guru and Vaishnavas

• Without Guru, Vaishnavas, Pancha-tattva and Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu we cannot attain the lotus feet of Shri Radha Krishna

Prayers

Vancha kalpa tarubhyash ca kripa sindhubhya eva ca Patitanam pavanebhyo vaishnavebhyo namo namah

Shri krishna caitanya prabhu nityananda Shri advaita gadadhar shrivasadi gaura bhakta vrinda

Hare krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Bibliography

• krishna.com• gokulbhajan.com

Hare Krishna!