13 Apasampradayas

Kartabhaja: "Guru is all, follow blindly" - but Jiva Goswami says we should know that KC is never blind, and even guru may be infallible.

Gaur Nagari: Sri Chaitanya as Krishna (lampat).

Naraneyi: Buddhistic worship of Lord Chaitanya (started in LC's time).

Atibari: these started in LC's time; LC is God Almighty (ignores His lila as devotee).

Sakhibeki: "gopis."

Sahajiya: "easy"; bodily bhava.

Aula: something like Baul.

Baul: pretends to be mad (from Batul: "becoming mad.")

Cudadhari: "wearing peacock feather"; imitation of Lord Nityananda.

Smarta: smarta brahmins.

Jat Goswamins: family goswamis.

Daravesha: Muslim mendicants influenced by Mahaprabhu.

Shain: ?

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-Narada Muni is Madhumangala.

-Narada caused a fight between Radha and Krishna over Lalita (swing pastime).

-Krishna and Balarama - Balaram (formerly Laxman, who had sworn to never appear as the younger brother): friends taunted, "Your not the son of Yashoda, you're black", and Balaram confirmed. When parents asked why, he said, "I'm taking spite for our last lives relationship."

-"Aham vritti suka vritti vyasa vritti nivritti va..." appeared on the manuscript of Sridhara Swami's commentary of S.B. after if had been laid in front of the Lord Vishvanatha in Benares because of controversy over its validity.

-Lord Nityananda married upon the request of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who gave Him this instruction in Puri along with ordering Him to return to Bengal for preaching. The Lord married Vasudha, daughter of a famous brahmin. During the marriage feast, Lord Nityananda saw Vasudha's sister Jahnavi serving out prasadam in her 4-armed form. He recognized her as His eternal potency. So He took her as His wife also.

-Sanatana took diksa from Madhusudana Vacaspati, and Rupa took diksa from Sanatana.

-Bhaktivinode Thakur says the 6 Goswamis are the original brijbasis.

Excerpts of the lilas from GVA