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The
Lord as devotee
Lord
Chaitanya appeared in Mayapur, West
Bengal, more than 500 years ago. He
is an incarnation of Lord Krishna
who descended to this material world
for two purposes, to spread the chanting
of the holy names of God to deliver
all the people from their material
bondage, and to simultaneously taste
the nectar of pure love of God, Krishna,
as it was tasted by His topmost devotee,
Srimati Radharani, who is the internal
energy of Krishna.
In
His early life, Lord Chaitanya played
the part of an ordinary scholar with
enormous knowledge and talent, while
hiding the truth of His incarnation.
However, when the time was right,
He manifested Himself as the Supreme
Personality of Godhead to His devotees
who chanted together with Him His
holy names in the topmost ecstasy
of love of God.
After
His 24th year, He accepted the renounced
order of life, sanyasa, and left His
home in Mayapur to travel throughout
India to convert all the people to
lovers of God. He would transform
anyone, be he an atheist, rascal,
or worse, as well as the pious and
good, to the platform of love of Godhead.
Lord Chaitanya did not consider whether
the recipients of love of God were
worthy or not, He indiscriminately
bestowed what no other incarnation
of God ever gave before, pure love
of the Lord.
After
traveling and preaching for six years,
when all the people were absorbed
in love of Godhead, He resided in
Jagannatha Puri for twelve years and
intensely tasted the love that His
pure devotees have for Him. Although
He is Krishna Himself, He accepted
the mood and color of Srimati Radharani,
His spiritual counterpart, and thought
of Himself as His own devotee. Thus,
although He is God Himself, He always
was absorbed in the mood of His topmost
devotees and thus He relished the
highest love of Krishna together with
His confidential associates.
Lord
Chaitanya started the sankirtana movement
which continues to this day in the
form of this ISKCON society. He established
the congregational chanting of the
holy names of Krishna, hare krishna,
hare krishna, krishna krishna, hare
hare / hare rama, hare rama, rama
rama, hare hare. It is due to the
movement of Lord Chaitanya that the
people of this world can have some
idea of the highest position of love
of God.
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