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    Lord Caitanya instructed his disciples to write books about Krishna and spread the teachings. He left only eight verses outlining his mission, which was to spread the chanting of Krishna's names. These verses describe the benefits of chanting Krishna's names, how to chant with a humble attitude, and Caitanya's desire for devotional service to Krishna without material desires.

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    Lord Caitanya instructed his disciples to write books about Krishna and spread the teachings. He left only eight verses outlining his mission, which was to spread the chanting of Krishna's names. These verses describe the benefits of chanting Krishna's names, how to chant with a humble attitude, and Caitanya's desire for devotional service to Krishna without material desires.

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    Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Mission

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the Science
    of Kṛṣṇa, 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
    Caitanya are in fact most voluminous, exacting and consistent due to the system of
    disciplic succession. Although Lord Caitanya was widely renowned as a scholar in His
    youth, He left only eight verses, called Śikṣāṣṭaka. These eight verses clearly reveal
    His mission and precepts. These supremely valuable prayers are translated herein.

    1. Glory to the Śrī Kṛṣṇa sańkīrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust
    accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth
    and death. This sańkīrtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large
    because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all
    transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it
    enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

    2. O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings,
    and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Kṛṣṇa and Govinda. In these
    transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are
    not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness
    You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate
    that I have no attraction for them.

    3. One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind,
    thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than
    a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to
    others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

    4. O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire


    beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless
    devotional service birth after birth.

    5. O son of Mahārāja Nanda [Kṛṣṇa], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or


    other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this
    ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

    6. O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing


    constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when
    will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

    7. O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like


    twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am
    feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

    8. I know no one but Kṛṣṇa as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He


    handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being
    present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is
    always my worshipful Lord unconditionally.

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