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Siksastakam

Sri Chaitanya has left one written record in Sanskrit called Siksastakam. Chaitanya’s epistemological, theological and ontological teachings are summarised as ten roots or maxims (dasamula). The statements of amnaya (scripture) are the chief proof. By these statements the following ten topics are taught.

Krishna is the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Krishna is endowed with all energies.
Krishna is the ocean of rasa (theology).
The jivas (individual souls) are all separated parts of the Lord.
In bound state the jivas are under the influence of matter, due to their tatastha nature.
In the liberated state the jivas are free from the influence of matter, due to their tatastha nature.
The jivas and the material world are both different from and identical to the Lord.
Pure devotion is the practice of the jivas.
Pure love of Krishna is the ultimate goal.
Krishna is the only lovable blessing to be received.

Shikshashtaka: The Eight Prayers by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

 (1)
cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanamprati-padampurnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam

Glory to the sri-krishna-sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

(2)
namnamakaribahudhanija-sarva-shaktis
tatrarpitaniyamitahsmaranenakalah
etadrisitavakripabhagavanmamapi
durdaivamidrisamihajaninanuragah

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

(3)
trinadapisunichena
tarorapisahishnuna
amaninamanadena
kirtaniyahsadaharih

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

(4)
nadhanamnajanamnasundarim
kavitamvajagad-ishakamaye
mama janmanijanmanisvare
bhavatadbhaktirahaitukitvayi

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

(5)
ayinanda-tanujakinkaram
patitam mam vishamebhavambudhau
kripayatava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhuli-sadrishamvicintaya

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krishna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

(6)
nayanamgalad-ashru-dharaya
vadanamgadgada-ruddhayagira
pulakairnicitamvapuhkada
tava-nama-grahanebhavishyati

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

(7)
yugayitamnimeshena
chakshushapravrishayitam
sunyayitamjagatsarvam
govinda-virahena me

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

(8)
aslishyava pada-ratampinashtu mam
adarshananmarma-hatamkarotuva
yathatathavavidadhatulampato
mat-prana-nathastusaevanapara

I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

(From: http://www.krishna.com/vaishnava-prayers#shikshashtaka)

 

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We are all leaves, flowers
And fruits
On the different religion-branches
Of the birthless and deathless
Life-tree.

(Sri Chinmoy)

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