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About the Author :
Born in 1909, Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor had strong learnings towards the Advaitic Philosophy of Sankara. In August 1931, when he was working as a research scholar in the University of Allahabad, he met his guru Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada, who pulled him out of his Advaitic moorings and initiated him into Bhakti.
On his advice and under his close supervision he wrote a thesis on the Philosophy of Sri Caitanya. The thesis was approved by the Allahabad University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Kapoor has the unique distinction of being the first Doctor of Philosophy of his prestigious University.
He worked as Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Philosophy, D.Litt. Scholar, University of Allahabad, and Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, B.R. College, Agra till 1951, after which he joined U.P. Educational Service Class I and worked as Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the K.N.Govt. College, Gyanpur (Varanasi) and Principal, Govt. College, Gyanpur/Rampur till his retirement in 1967. Since 1967 he has been living in Vrndavana and writing books and articles in Hindi and English on topics relating to Bhakti. He has written more than 30 books and a large number of articles, published in different journals. His writings have been widely appreciated.
CONTENTS
| Preface | viii | |
| Chapters | ||
| 1. | Why did Sri Krishna Appear as Sri Krishna Chaitanya? | 1 |
| 2. | Materials for the Biography of Sri Chaitanya | 18 |
| 3. | The Advent | 33 |
| 4. | The Child | 43 |
| 5. | The Mischievous School-Boy | 66 |
| 6. | The Pandit | 84 |
| 7. | Crusade Against the Vaishnavas | 137 |
| 8. | The Pandit Turns Vaishnava | 150 |
| 9. | The Lord’s Self-Manifestation | 172 |
| 10. | Meeting Nityanand | 189 |
| 11. | Advaitacharya’s Realization of Mahaprabhu’s Divinity and other Episodes | 206 |
| 12. | Sankirtan at the House of Srivas | 224 |
| 13. | The Grand Manifestation of Divinity | 233 |
| 14. | Deliverance of Jagai-Madhai | 252 |
| 15. | Mahaprabhu’s Dance as Lakshmi and Other Episodes | 270 |
| 16. | Deliverance of the Kaji | 306 |
| 17. | Sannyas | 328 |
| 18. | On Way to Nilachal | 371 |
| 19. | Darshan of Jagannath | 402 |
| 20. | Travels in the South | 413 |
| 21. | Back to Nilachal: Arrival of the Devotees from Gaud | 451 |
| 22. | The Ceremonies of Lord Jagannath | 474 |
| 23. | Visit to Gaud | 516 |
| 24. | Journey to Vrindavan | 531 |
| 25. | Return Journey to Nilachal | 552 |
| 26. | Return to Nilachal | 589 |
| 27. | Rupa-Sanathan in Nilachal | 607 |
| 28. | Raghunath in Nilachal | 624 |
| 29. | Jagadanand’s Love Wrangles with Mahaprabhu | 640 |
| 30. | The Passing Away of Haridas and other Episodes | 652 |
| 31. | Divine Madness | 688 |
| Glossary | 718 | |
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