Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita is the authorized work on the life and teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya—the philosopher, saint, spiritual preceptor, mystic and divine incarnation who pioneered a great social and religious movement in sixteenth-century India. His teachings, which embody the highest philosophical and theological truths, have influenced countless philosophical and religious and thinkers up to the present day.
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita is the authorized work on the life and teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya—the philosopher, saint, spiritual preceptor, mystic and divine incarnation who pioneered a great social and religious movement in sixteenth-century India. His teachings, which embody the highest philosophical and theological truths, have influenced countless philosophical and religious and thinkers up to the present day.
This translation of the original Bengali text, along with commentary, is the work of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the world’s most distinguished scholar and teacher of India thought and culture and author of the best-selling Bhagavad-gita As It Is. This translation of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita represents a contribution of major importance to the intellectual, cultural and spiritual life of contemporary man.