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Sri Caitanya-SikSamRta 2/8

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Some extracts from The Second Rainfall of Nectar from SRI SRI CAITANYA SIKSAMRTA   THE NECTAREAN INSTRUCTIONS OF LORD  CAITANYA BY SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA     Translated by Sripad Pujya Bhanu Swami Maharaja Book: https://blservices.com/product/sri-caitanya-siksamrta/ published in 1886 ! --  https://krishnashopping.com/products/sri-caitanya-siksamrta Older draft versions of this book, available online: https://www.radha.name/sites/default/files/documents/1273/Caitanya%20Siksamrita%20(Bhanu%20Swami).doc https://www.radha.name/sites/default/files/documents/1273/Caitamya%20Siksamrta.doc CHAPTER  TWO ( The Second Rainfall of Nectar: Secondary Rules) The First Shower: Classification of Secondary Rules Hearing and chanting are primary means. Karma and JNana may be designated as secondary means, the means for those jivas deeply bound by maya. JNana and karma help in the process of bhakti. Bhakti is the principal means and produces prema.  The secondary

Sri Caitanya-SikSamRta 1/8

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Some extracts from The First Rainfall of Nectar from SRI SRI CAITANYA SIKSAMRTA   THE NECTAREAN INSTRUCTIONS OF LORD  CAITANYA BY SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA     Translated by Sripad Pujya Bhanu Swami Maharaja Book: https://blservices.com/product/sri-caitanya-siksamrta/ Older draft versions of this book, available online: https://www.radha.name/sites/default/files/documents/1273/Caitanya%20Siksamrita%20(Bhanu%20Swami).doc https://www.radha.name/sites/default/files/documents/1273/Caitamya%20Siksamrta.doc CHAPTER  ONE  ( The First Rainfall of Nectar) PART ONE (The First Shower: Obeisances to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krsna) Footnote 8 One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life--in other words, from the tender age of childhood--to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other engagements.  The human body is most rarely achieved, and although temporary like other