Category:Caitanya's Performing Kirtana
Pages in category "Caitanya's Performing Kirtana"
The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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- After attending the Ratha-yatra ceremony at Jagannatha Puri, all the devotees remained there for four months, greatly enjoying the company of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by performing kirtana (chanting and dancing)
- After taking His bath early in the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would go see Lord Jagannatha in the temple. Then He would perform sankirtana with His devotees
- Almost like a mad lion, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went on His tour filled with ecstatic love and performing sankirtana, chanting Krsna's names as follows
- Another brahmana came to see the kirtana performance, but the door was closed, and he could not enter the hall
- As previously, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Gundica and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-munda yau. After kirtana ended, He distributed prasadam to all the devotees and also took some Himself
- At that time, Navadvipa was composed of nine small cities, so the words nagare nagare are significant. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to perform kirtana in each of these neighboring towns. He ordered the city decorated for the function
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- He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) was so influential that simply by His calling, hundreds and thousands of men immediately joined to go to the Chand Kazi's house to perform kirtana. So just imagine what was His social position, so popular, leader
- He has made all the people practically mad by always performing congregational chanting. At night we cannot get any sleep; we are always kept awake
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- I (Caitanya) firmly believe in the words of My spiritual master. Although the Mayavadi philosophers do not like this chanting and dancing, I nevertheless perform it on the strength of his words
- In the evening I shall perform sankirtana in each and every town. Therefore you should all decorate the city in the evening
- In the evening Lord Gaurasundara went out and formed three parties to perform kirtana
- In the evening, burn torchlights in every home. I shall give protection to everyone. Let us see what kind of Kazi comes to stop our kirtana
- In this connection (CC Adi 17.89) Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that once when Lord Caitanya was performing sankirtana a short way from the village, some clouds appeared overhead
- In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to eat at the temple of Sacimata every day and also visit the house of Srivasa Thakura when kirtana was performed
- In this way the Lord had congregational chanting performed for some time, and then He Himself desired to dance
- In this way the Lord performed sankirtana every day, and at the end of sankirtana there was a mango-eating festival every day for twelve months
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- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu regularly performed kirtana, inducing all the devotees to love Krsna simply by chanting and dancing
- Lord Caitanya never spoke philosophy in public, he held kirtana and distributed prasadam. When he meet Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya he talked high philosophy, otherwise, Chanting and prasadam distribution
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- Once Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the house of Sridhara after kirtana and drank water from his damaged iron pot. Then He bestowed His benediction upon all the devotees according to their desires
- Once while Caitanya Mahaprabhu was performing kirtana, clouds assembled in the sky, and the Lord, by His own will, immediately stopped them from pouring rain
- One day the Lord performed sankirtana with all His devotees, and when they were greatly fatigued they sat down
- One night while kirtana was going on inside Srivasa's house, a brahmana named Gopala Capala, the chief of the nonbelievers, who was talkative and very rough in his speech, placed all the paraphernalia for worshiping the goddess Durga outside his door
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- Sometimes Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged Vakresvara and other devotees in chanting and dancing. Three times daily - morning, noon and evening - He would perform sankirtana in the yard of the Gundica temple
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went back to perform kirtana, and the Kazi, his mind jubilant, went with Him
- Sriman Pandita was among the companions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu when the Lord performed sankirtana
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- The congregational chanting made a tumultuous roar that filled the sky. All the inhabitants of Jagannatha Puri came to see the kirtana
- The King was very much astonished to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's kirtana, and the King's anxiety to meet Him increased unlimitedly
- The Lord performed kirtana for some time and, through His own endeavor, inspired all the devotees to dance
- The sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing kirtana. In this way He inundated the whole world by distributing love of Godhead
- Their looking at the face of Lord Jagannatha was interrupted only when He was offered food. Afterwards they would again look upon His face. When the food was being offered to the Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed His kirtana
- This ecstatic chanting was performed with the doors closed so that nonbelievers who came to make fun could not gain entrance
- Thus He spread kirtana even among the untouchables. He wove a wreath of the holy name and prema, with which He garlanded the entire material world
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- When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at Visnu-kanci for two days, He danced and performed kirtana in ecstasy. When all the people saw Him, they were converted into devotees of Lord Krsna
- When the Lord performed kirtana, He manifested all kinds of transcendental symptoms. He appeared stunned and trembling, His hair stood on end, and His voice faltered. There were tears and devastation
- While Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Subhadra sat on their respective thrones, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees began to perform sankirtana with great pleasure, chanting and dancing in the yard of the temple