Snapshot

[Madhya 1 & 2]

[1.1-1.88]

Krishnadasa begins by whetting the reader’s appetite with some highlights of the coming sections from the Madhya-Lila and Antya-Lila.

[1.89-1.247]

Before giving details, Krishnadasa summarises the Madhya-Lila, which documents the pastimes of Shri Chaitanya from age 24 to age 30. During these six years Shri Chaitanya preached across India, visited the holy dham of Shri Vrindavana, and expanded the Rathayatra festivals at Jagannatha Puri.

[1.248-1.287]

The Antya-Lila details the final eighteen years (age 30 to age 48) of Shri Chaitanya’s life, which were spent exclusively in Jagannatha Puri. In the first six of these years, Shri Chaitanya openly associated with His devotees, showing great love by sometimes glorifying them, and at other times correcting them.

[2.1-2.95]

The final twelve years of Shri Chaitanya’s life were spent in seclusion. Living in the Gambhira, He manifested the extraordinary symptoms of ecstatic love.