The Vaisnava Literature Of Mediaeval Bengal

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Excerpt from The Vaisnava Literature of Medieval Bengal: Being Lectures Delivered as Reader to the University of Calcutta in 1913 It was at Gav that Chaitanya first realised that, inspite Of the clamour and perturbation of worldly affairs Of human love and ambition, there is in man's mind a thirst for righteousness, only to be adequately expressed by an ardent personal love for God. For him, God was Krishna, his affection for his creatures best expressed in the Old legend Of his love for Radha. The tale was to be interpreted in a strictly spiritual sense, as an expression, in terms easily understood by all men and all women in a land where marital and parental love are more than usually strong, of the desire Of the Creator that his creatures should cleave to Him only in the hope Of salvation, of the love of the creature for infinite perfection in the Creator. A devout follower Of Chaitanva has said that the reformer showed in his character, and preached to the world, the purest morality as an accompaniment Of spiritual improve ment. Morality, Chaitanya and his devout followers believe, is a necessary result Of Matti, Of the passionate belief and love of the devout soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.