suddhabhakti

This booklet describes the miracles and teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Actually it is not possible for any human being to fully describe the greatness of Lord Chaitanya and the miracles that He performed. The Lord manifested His presence in this world for forty-eight years and each and every day He performed many miracles. To introduce our readers to Lord Chaitanya, who may be hearing about Him for the first time, we have mentioned here only a few of His miracles. For those readers who would like to know more about Lord Chaitanya in detail, we recommend that one read the Chaitanya-charitamrita and the Chaitanya-bhagavata. These books are the authorized biographies of Lord Chaitanya and one can gain a vivid view about the miracles and teachings of the Lord from these two books. The Lord’s Appearance: Bhagavad-gita, the celebrated ‘Song of God’ spoken by Lord Krishna over 5000 years ago informs us as follows – yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata abhyuttanam adha...

  Lord Caitanya delivered crocodile by chanting holy names! Once, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came with devotees to a lake. The lake is in Nabadwip Dham, near Godrumdwip—when we go on parikrama, you can see that place. Mahaprabhu offered the devotees, “Let’s sit by the lake,” but one of the cowherd men of that area told Him, “Do not go there! A crocodile lives in that lake.Even the cows are afraid and do not drink water from that lake.” Mahaprabhu already knew everything, and hearing the words of the cowherd man, He started chanting. When the crocodile heard Mahaprabhu chanting the Holy Name, it turned into a dev-sisu, a child god. The boy paid obeisance to Mahaprabhu and started to cry. Mahaprabhu asked him why he was crying, and the boy told Him everything—what had happened and how he became a crocodile. It happened four ages ago, during Satya-yuga. At that time, there was a forest near Vrindavan called Kamyavan. Once, when Durvasa Muni was sleeping in that forest, childishly the bo...

Lord Caitanya delivered crocodile by chanting holy names! Once, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came with devotees to a lake. The lake is in Nabadwip Dham, near Godrumdwip—when we go on parikrama, you can see that place. Mahaprabhu offered the devotees, “Let’s sit by the lake,” but one of the cowherd men of that area told Him, “Do not go there! A crocodile lives in that lake.Even the cows are afraid and do not drink water from that lake.” Mahaprabhu already knew everything, and hearing the words of the cowherd man, He started chanting. When the crocodile heard Mahaprabhu chanting the Holy Name, it turned into a dev-sisu, a child god. The boy paid obeisance to Mahaprabhu and started to cry. Mahaprabhu asked him why he was crying, and the boy told Him everything—what had happened and how he became a crocodile. It happened four ages ago, during Satya-yuga. At that time, there was a forest near Vrindavan called Kamyavan. Once, when Durvasa Muni was sleeping in that forest, childishly the boy deci...