Pradyumna Misra glorifies Ramananda Raya

MS: We are discussing, I believe the story of Ramananda Raya displays the ultimate limits of prema. And Lord Caitanya has glorified Pradyumna Misra and then Pradyumna Misra has returned to Ramananda Raya and Ramananda Raya is speaking to him so many wonderful things.... Read more

Raya Ramananda speaks Krsna katha with Pradyumna Misra

MS: We heard yesterday how Lord Caitanya was glorifying, so many nice glories He was saying, with great relish He was glorifying Ramananda Raya, what an exalted devotee he is. And then Lord Caitanya stepped aside, He said anyone… Because what was happening was... Read more

Lord Gauranga Glorifies Raya Ramananda

Text 33 āra dina miśra āila prabhu-vidyamāne prabhu kahe,–'krsna-kathā śunilā rāya-sthāne'? SP: The next day, when Pradyumna Miśra arrived in the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord inquired, "Have you heard talks about Krsna from Śrī... Read more

Meeting of Pradyumna Misra & Raya Ramananda

MS: The story is titled ‘Ramananda Raya Shows The Ultimate Limit Of Pure Love’. This is taken from Antya Lila, chapter 5, verse 4-81. That’s quite a long story. Text 4 eka-dina pradyumna-miśra prabhura carane dandavat kari' kichu kare nivedane... Read more

Shivananda Sen’s Dog Gets Siddha Deha

MS: This is taken from Antya lila chapter 1 verses 17 through 24. This is a short dog story. Śivānanda Sena’s dog gets siddha deha. So cute! This is really a cute story. Text 17 eka kukkura cale śivānanda-sane bhaksya diyā lasā cale kariyā pālane SP: While going... Read more

Seven Teachings from Story of Chota Haridasa

This is Caitanya Caritamrta class, the story of Chota Haridasa, which is a very complicated story and it has some very heavy instructions, which we will hear the conclusion of the story today from Caitanya Caritamrta. So yesterday we heard that one year had passed,... Read more

Chota Haridasa Commits Suicide

So Chota Haridasa went to the lower court and his case was rejected and took the higher court and then the devotees… Then Lord Caitanya said, “Listen if you keep pressing this case of Chota Haridasa then I am leaving here forever, I am leaving Jagannatha Puri, I... Read more

Gauranga Chastises Chota Haridas

MS: Yesterday we were discussing, of course it’s an ongoing discussion of the story, “Sri Caitanya chastises chota Haridäsa”. And we heard that Bhagavän Äcäryawas cooking a wonderful feast with his own hand to feed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Jagannatha puri in his... Read more

Lord Caitanya praising Madhavendra Puri – Part 3

Reading from Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, we are continuing the story of Lord Caitanya praising Madhavendra Puri. If we were reading this book on our own we would read this story in ten minutes, but then having it in class may be takes ten days. Actually there is so much... Read more

Lord Caitanya delivers Amogha the offender – Part 3

So yesterday we heard how Lord Caitanya met Amogha who was dying of Cholera and then Gopinatha Acarya also came there. And Amogha was feeling very bad and very repentive. He was slapping his own cheeks and saying, “O my Lord, by my mouth I have offended... Read more