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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
Lord provides everyone with food and shelter, and therefore He will never fail to care for His devotees who have fully surrendered unto Him. In both ways the devotee is always protected, and therefore he should not be at all anxious for his maintenance of life. Sanatan Goswami thus inquired into all phases of devotional service, and Lord Chaitanya taught him most confidentially from authoritative Scriptures like  Srimad Bhagwatam  in the matter of devotional service and Krishna Consciousness.
He then referred to the Vedic literature known as  Harivansa , about the situation of the transcendental Abode of Krishna. This information was disclosed by Indra when he offered his prayer after his defeat in challenging the potency of Krishna. In the  Harivansa  it is stated that above the Earth there is sky, where the birds can fly, and those who are expert in operating airplanes can fly; but the birds and those flying airplanes are unable to reach the higher planetary systems. The first higher planetary system begins from the Sun planet. The Sun planet is situated in the middle of the Universe, and above the Sun planet there are other planetary systems where persons elevated by great austerities and penances are situated.
The whole material Universe is called  Devidham , and above the  Devidham , there is  Shivadham , where Lord Shiva with his wife Parvati eternally reside. In that planetary system is the Spiritual Sky, where innumerable Spiritual Planets, known as Vaikunthas, are situated. And, above Them, there is Krishna's Planet known as  Goloka .  Goloka  means the planet of the cows. Krishna is very fond of cows, and therefore His Abode is known as Goloka. Goloka is bigger than all the material and spiritual planets put together.
In that prayer of  Harivansa , Indra admitted that he could not understand the situation of  Goloka  even by asking Brahma. Those who are devotees of Narayana, another expansion of Krishna, become situated in the  Vaikuntha  Planets; but it is very difficult to reach the  Goloka  Planet. That can be reached only by persons who are devotees of Lord Chaitanya or Lord Sri Krishna. Indra then admitted that, "You have descended from that Goloka Planet in the Spiritual World, and the disturbance which I have created was due to my foolishness"—and he therefore begged excuse from Lord Krishna.
The last phase of the Pastimes of Lord Krishna is described in the  Srimad Bhagwatam  as  Mousala Leela , including the mystery of Krishna's disappearance from this material world. He played a Pastime that He was killed by a hunter. There are many disruptive explanations of the last portions of Lord Krishna's Pastimes, such as the description of the incarnation of His hair, and Lord Chaitanya described them in their right interpretation.