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hierarchy: Teachings of Lord Caitanya
hierarchy: CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Avatāras Lord Caitanya continued explaining to Sanātana Gosvāmī about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s avatāras, or incarnations, which are His expansions who …
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The Avatāras
Teachings of lord caitanya 8
Lord Caitanya continued explaining to Sanātana Gosvāmī about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s avatāras, or incarnations, which are His expansions who come to …
Teachings of lord caitanya 8
The first descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, from the expansion of Saṅkarṣaṇa, is the first puruṣa incarnation. It …
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The influence of material nature cannot reach beyond the Virajā, or Causal Ocean, as confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.9.10). Neither the …
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Material nature acts in two capacities, as māyā and pradhāna. Māyā is the direct cause, and pradhāna refers to the …
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These innumerable universes are produced from the pores of Mahā-viṣṇu’s body. As innumerable atoms pass through the tiny holes in …
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The second Viṣṇu incarnation, Garbhodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, enters each and every universe, spreads perspiration from His body and lies down on …
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The third incarnation of Viṣṇu, Kṣīrodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, is the incarnation of the mode of goodness. He is also the Supersoul …
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Lord Caitanya next described the līlā-avatāras, or pastime incarnations, and of these the Lord pointed out that there is no …
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As far as the guṇa-avatāras, or qualitative incarnations of Viṣṇu, are concerned, they are three – Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. …
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Similarly, by expanding Himself as Lord Śiva, the Supreme Lord is engaged when there is a need to annihilate the …