Cleansing the Heart at Guṇḍicā, Kṛṣṇa Never Leaves Vraja, and the Foremost of Thieves (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter One) • Guṇḍicā-mārjana: Continuing Antya-līlā, Chapter One, Gurudeva explains that Mahāprabhu’s cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple teaches us to clean the chariot of the mind and the throne of the heart so that Govinda can sit there. Dirt on the body is washed with water, but the dirt of the mind is washed only with the “soap” of the holy name, as Mahāprabhu’s ceto...
2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, bhukti-mukti-sprha yavat, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra, ista-gosthi dunha sane kari' kata-ksana, na vina vipralambhena sambhogah pustim asnute, srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah, yam yam vapi smaran bhavam, Bhagavad-gita 8.6, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.92, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.2, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.17