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Lord Chaitanya’s Mission

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on
the Science of Krishna, a task which those who follow Him have continued
to carry out down to the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the
philosophy taught by Lord Chaitanya are in fact the most voluminous, exact-
ing and consistent—due to the unbreakable system of disciplic succession—
of any religious culture in the world. Yet Lord Chaitanya, in His youth widely
renowned as a scholar, Himself left us only eight verses, called Sikshastak,
in which His mission and precepts are revealed. Here, rendered by A.C. Bhak-
tivedanta Swami, are these eight supremely valuable prayers:

I.

Glory to the Sri Krishna Samkirtan which cleanses the heart of all the dust accu-
mulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and

death, is extinguished. This Samkirtan movement is the prime benediction for

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