Sri Chaitanyas Life and Teachings

Tucked away in ancient Sanskrit and Bengali texts is a secret teaching, a blissful devotional (bhakti) tradition that involves sacred congregational chanting (krtana), mindfulness practices (japa, smaraam), and the deepening of ones relationship with God (rasa). Brought to the worlds stage by r Chaitanya Mahprabhu (14861533), and fully documented by his immediate followers, the Six Goswms of Vrindvan, these unprecedented teachings were passed down from master to student in Gauya Vaishnava lineages. The Golden Avatra of Love: r Chaitanyas Life and Teachings, by contemporary scholar Steven J. Rosen, makes the profound truths of this confidential knowledge easily accessible for an English language audience. In his well-researched text, modern readersspiritual practitioners, scholars, and seekers of knowledge alikewill encounter a treasure of hitherto unrevealed spiritual teachings, and be able to fathom sublime dimensions of r Chaitanyas method. Using the ancient texts themselves and the findings of contemporary academics, Rosen succeeds in summarizing and establishing r Chaitanyas life and doctrine for the modern world.