Bounteously revealing the priceless jewels of the tattva (philosophical truths), līlā (pastimes) and śikṣā (teachings) of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, authored by Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.

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Literally meaning “the character of the living force in immortality”, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is a prodigious transcendental literature comprising over 11,000 verses.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda often described Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta as “the postgraduate study of spiritual knowledge” (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Adi Introduction). It is such a sublime literature that Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja used to say, “The time will come when the people of the world will learn Bengali to read Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.” (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Adi 8.39 purport)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is thus our incalculably priceless heirloom, mercifully delivered to us by our Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Lord Caitanya’s empowered emissary who spread Lord Caitanya’s message at an unprecedented scale across the world thus playing a key role in materializing Lord Caitanya’s prophecy: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma—“In every town and village of the world, the chanting of My name will be heard” [Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126].