The EXTERNAL reasons for Lord’s appearance “Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.” – Bhagavad Gita (4.7) On the one hand we say this material world is a miserable place and now we declare God appears in a human-like spiritual form in…

The internal reasons for Lord’s descent “O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya Lila- 19.53) If you love someone and want to know more about him,…

“Love me, Love my dog” - Saint Bernard (a French monk of the 11th century) How do we pray or remember the Lord is best taught by the authors of Lord Chaitanya’s pastimes. Vrindavan Das Thakur, the author of ‘Chaitanya Bhagavat’ and Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami who wrote ‘Chaitanya Charitamrita’, have both repeatedly glorified their spiritual masters and other devotees of the…

Why read the same story again? “O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear about, glorify and also remember the Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the savior from all miseries.” - Srimad Bhagavatam (2.1.5) We want to read and hear something new, but little do we realize…