Chaitanya Dictionary

Chaitanya:

1)  The fundamental, all-pervasive, divine Consciousness.

2)  When used in refrence to a mantra, chaitanya means that the mantra is enlivened with grace and thus has the capacity to draw one's mind spontaneously into meditative stillness.

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Chaitanya (Sanskrit) The founder of a mystical sect in India. A rather modern sage, believed to be an avatar of Krishna.

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CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.

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CHAITANYA: pure consciousness

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Chaitanya:

Chaitanya: pure consciousness.

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Krishna Chaitanya

The name received by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from His sannyasa-guru, Sri Keshava Bharati. See Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

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Chaitanya: The consciousness that knows itself and knows others; absolute consciousness.

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Chaitanya - Consciousness.

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Chaitanya: The fundamental, all-pervasive, divine Consciousness. When used in reference to a mantra, the capacity to draw one's mind spontaneously into meditative stillness.

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chaitanya

(Sanskrit) Absolute consciousness

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UPAHITA CHAITANYA: pure consciousness associated with Upadhis, the individual soul

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Chaitanya: (Sanskrit) A renowned Vaishnava saint (1485 - 1534), revered today especially in Bengal and Orissa, remembered for his ecstatic states of devotion.

He taught a dualistic philosophy in which bhakti (devotion) to the divine couple Radha and Krishna is the only means to liberation. Practice revolves mainly around kirtana, devotional singing and dancing. He gave prominence to the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect, of which several branches thrive today, including ISKCON. See: Krishna, Vaishnavism, Vedanta.

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A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.

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consciousness: Chitta or chaitanya.

1)    A synonym for mind-stuff, chitta; or

2)    the condition or power of perception, awareness, apprehension.

There are myriad gradations of consciousness, from the simple sentience of inanimate matter to the consciousness of basic life forms, to the higher consciousness of human embodiment, to omniscient states of superconsciousness, leading to immersion in the One universal consciousness, Parashakti. Chaitanya and chitta can name both individual consciousness and universal consciousness.

Modifiers indicate the level of awareness, e.g.,

-       vyashti chaitanya, "individual consciousness;"

-       buddhi chitta, "intellectual consciousness;"

-       Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness."

Five classical "states" of awareness are discussed in scripture:

1)    wakefulness (jagrat),

2)    "dream" (svapna) or astral consciousness,

3)    "deep sleep" (sushupti) or subsuperconsciousness,

4)    the superconscious state beyond (turiya "fourth") and

5)    the utterly transcendent state called turiyatita ("beyond the fourth").

See: awareness, chitta, chaitanya, mind (all entries).

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chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being."

A widely used term, often preceded by modifiers, e.g., sakshi chaitanya, "witness consciousness," or bhakti chaitanya, "devotional consciousness," or Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness." See: chitta, consciousness, mind (five states), Siva consciousness.

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Chaitanya-charitamrita, Sri

the biography and philosophy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami.

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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

Srila Prabhupada’s summary study of Lord Chaitanya’s instructions.

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Chota Haridasa

an associate of Lord Chaitanya.

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Gambhira

a room in Jagannatha Puri where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would experience intense feelings of separation from Krishna.

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Chaitanya caitanya (Sanskrit) (from chit to perceive, understand, be conscious)

Consciousness, intelligence; the cosmic intelligence, hence also the light of the Logos. All individual egos in the universe are rooted in cosmic chaitanya as their universal source, and become individualized for experience and work in the material realms by means of the karanopadhi. Chaitanya is thus the invisible essence of human intelligence, the cosmic root of monadic individuality, and the cosmic intelligence-force which is the intrinsic or essential consciousness behind and within individuality.

As a proper name, a reformer of the Vaishnava sect in India (1485-1527), regarded in Bengal as an avatara of Krishna. One of his chief teachings was the duty of bhakti (attachment, devotion, or love) for Krishna so strong that no caste-feeling implying sectarian division could exist with it.

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