Chaitanya was a legendary bhakta and master of God-intoxication, whose life story reads like the play and sport of Krishna (and some believe him to be the re-incarnation). For the last twelve years of his life, he is said to have lived in perpetual devotional ecstasy or "Divine Madness" ("divyaunmada").
A tall, muscular man, he considered himself the bride
of Krishna. Chaitanya demonstrated in his own life how the dry ritualism
of his brahmanical peers could be turned into true worship. Lost in God,
he would dance, often in public, and with his entranced dance attract others
into God-Communion.
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bibiography
The Chaitanya Movement :
A Study of Vaishnavism in Bengal
Melville T. Kennedy
Hardcover / Published 1993
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Chaitanya's Life and Teachings
Jadunath Sarkar (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1988
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History of the Chaitanya Faith in Orissa
Prabhat Mukherjee
Hardcover / Published 1979
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Krishna Chaitanya :
A Profile and Selected Papers
Suguna Ramachandran (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1991
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Chaitanya & Vaisnavism
Nikunja V. Banerjee
Published 1992
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Prem Lata
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The Chaitanya movement
Melville T. Kennedy
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Chaitanya movement in eastern India
Aloka Lahiri
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The philosophy of Chaitanya and his school
Chhanda Chatterjee
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Sri Chaitanya in the religious life of India
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Chaitanya, His Life and Doctrine:
A Study in Vaisnavism
A. P. Majumdar. Bombay:
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1969.
The Philosophy and Religion of Chaitanya and His Followers.
By Jadunath Sinha.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
by Tridandibhikshu Bhakti Pradip Tirtha.
Revised and enlarged second edition.
Sri Chaitanya Mahapraibhu
Das Sambidanda. 3d ed.
Madras: Sree Gaudiya Math, 1972.