

This English translation with commentary, by His Divine Grace A.C. Lord Chaitanya transformed the face of India in four respects: philosophically, by encountering, defeating and converting the greatest philosophers and thinkers of His day religiously, by organizing the largest, most widespread theistic movement in Indias history socially, by His strong challenges to the religious inequities of the caste system politically, by His organization of a massive civil disobedience movement in Bengal, more than four centuries before Gandhi. The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth and people of Nadia were then engaged, as usual on such. He began what is today called the Hare Krishna movement, since the movements founder, Srila Prabhupada, comes in the Chaitanya line of spiritual masters. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayarpur in the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Falgun, 1407 Advent of Sakabda answering to the 18th Februrary, 1486 of the Christian era.

Lord Chaitanya introduced the chanting of the holy names of God as the prescribed method of God-realization for our time. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita is the main work on the life and teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of Krishna who appeared in India five hundred years ago. Sort by: Best sellers Relevance Name, A to Z Name, Z to A Price. In India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was directing people inward, toward a scientific understanding of the highest knowledge of mans spiritual nature. The Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu In the early sixteenth century the West was on one course, the East on another.
