Attribuita a Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
«"The moment you say you love God, all human beings will be your brethren: there will be no Brahmin, no Sudra."»
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It circulates in English as a quotation from Chaitanya on the basis of Dinesh Chandra Sen's synthesis (Chaitanya and His Age, 1922). It is a modern paraphrase of the tradition's spirit; it has not been located in that form in the Chaitanya Bhagavata or the Chaitanya Charitamrita.
Fonte: Sen, Dinesh Chandra. Chaitanya and His Age. Calcuta: University of Calcutta, 1922.
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Parole verificate di Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
«Victory to the congregational chanting of Krishna, which cleanses the mirror of the mind and puts out the great forest fire of existence; which sheds moonlight on the white lotus of the good and is the life of the bride that is knowledge; which swells the ocean of bliss, gives at every step a taste of the full nectar and bathes the whole self.»
Shikshashtaka, estrofa 1 (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya-lila 20.12). Traducción propia.
«Humbler than a blade of grass, more patient than a tree, asking no honour and giving honour to others: thus should Hari always be sung.»
Shikshashtaka, estrofa 3 (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya-lila 20.21). Traducción propia.
«I desire neither wealth, nor followers, nor a beautiful woman, nor the gift of poetry, Lord of the world: may there be in me, in birth after birth, a motiveless devotion to you.»
Shikshashtaka, estrofa 4 (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya-lila 20.29). Traducción propia.