If anyone wants to be expert in Krsna consciousness to fight with maya, they must follow the principles of Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami

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"if anyone wants to be expert in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to fight with māyā, they must follow the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī"

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Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

Senā-pati means these two brothers, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, were appointed as the commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief in this fighting with māyā. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness means it is declaration of fighting with māyā. Māyā is killing all the poor conditioned souls, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared war against māyā by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And the commander-in-chiefs are Rūpa-Sanātana. In other words, if anyone wants to be expert in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to fight with māyā, they must follow the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.

670318 - Lecture CC Adi 07.149-171 - San Francisco

Before Lord Caitanya, the places of pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa was forgotten. People knew only that, "In these quarters Kṛṣṇa was born and His pastimes was played here," but no particular places were excavated. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu . . .After Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Sanātana Gosvāmī, the importance of that tract of land known as Mathurā-Vṛndāvana became very important. And the importance of that city is due to this Sanātana Gosvāmī, because Sanātana Gosvāmī was authorized to go there and establish temple. So after Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī, hundreds and thousands of temples were constructed, and there are at least five thousand temples now, after Sanātana Gosvāmī.rātri-divase lokera śuni' kolāhalavārāṇasī chāḍi' prabhu āilā nīlācala(CC Adi 7.161)At Benares He was overcrowded with persons. Always there was tumultuous sound, "Hare Kṛṣṇa." And Caitanya Mahāprabhu left Benares and came back to Jagannath Purī. Jagannath Purī and Benares is not less than about eight hundred miles' distance. So in those days there was no railway, no other conveyance. Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to travel through the jungles, and He came back to Jagannath Purī.ei līlā kahiba āge vistāra kariyāsaṅkṣepe kahilāṅ ihāṅ prasaṅga pāiyā(CC Adi 7.162)So Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus came back, and the author says that after this incident we shall discuss in another chapter about the activities of Lord Caitanya, and so far His Benares visit was concerned, this is the end.ei pañcatattva-rūpe śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyakṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā viśva kailā dhanya(CC Adi 7.163)In this way, Pañcatattva, these five pictures you have seen: śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsadi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda, they inaugurated this movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness five hundred years before, and it is predicted here that this movement will sanctify the situation of the whole world.ei pañcatattva śrī-kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā viśva kailā dhanya(CC Adi 7.163)He has already impregnated the seed. Just like Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda: in 1896 he sent the Caitanya Mahāprabhu's message to McGill University. That book you have seen. The letter was there. And these are coincidence. Now, after so many years, a servant of that disciplic succession has come here again to preach.So these things are significant. Caitanya Mahāprabhu practically sown the seed of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and it is spreading, and it is sure it will spread. Now it has come to your country, and I am sure the students who are taking very seriously about this movement, they will spread in the Western world.So, mathurāte pāṭhāila rūpa-sanātana. Now this is incidental, that Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Sanātana Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana, and other Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī . . .mathurāte pāṭhāila rūpa-sanātanadui senā-pati kaila bhakti pracāraṇa(CC Adi 7.164)Senā-pati means these two brothers, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, were appointed as the commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief in this fighting with māyā. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness means it is declaration of fighting with māyā. Māyā is killing all the poor conditioned souls, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared war against māyā by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And the commander-in-chiefs are Rūpa-Sanātana. In other words, if anyone wants to be expert in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to fight with māyā, they must follow the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.There is a very nice song sung by one poet, Vaiṣṇava poet. He's singing like this:gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-śarīrahari hari bolite nayane ba'be nīra(Lālasāmayī Prārthanā 1)He's aspiring that, "When I shall loudly call 'Lord Caitanya, Gaurāṅga'?" Gaurāṅga is Lord Caitanya. "And my body will be shivering? And when I shall chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, tears will flow down from my eyes?"gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-śarīrahari hari bolite nayane ba'be nīra(Lālasāmayī Prārthanā 1)Āra kabe nitāi-cānder koruṇā hoibe: "And when I shall be favored by Nityānanda Prabhu?" Āra kabe nitāi-cānder koruṇā hoibe, saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be: "When I shall be detached from material enjoyment?"Viṣaya chāriyā kabe śuddha ha'be mana: "And when I shall be detached from this material enjoyment, my mind will be purified. My mind will be freed from all contamination of material dirty things." Kabe hāma herabo śrī-vṛndāvana: "And at that time it will be possible to see Vṛndāvana."Rūpa-raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti. Now here the author, I mean to . . . the singer says that, "When I shall be too much devoted. I shall be to much devoted to the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī so that I'll be able to understand what is the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?"In other words, if we want to understand Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya philosophy, then we should try to follow the instruction left by Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī. They are the commander-in-chief in this movement.Nityānanda-gosāñe pāṭhāilā gauḍa-deśe (CC Adi 7.165). So Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, they were sent to Vṛndāvana, and Nityānanda Prabhu was sent to Bengal that, "You go and preach there." Teṅho bhakti pracārilā aśeṣa-viśeṣe. And in Bengal this Caitanya philosophy is taught by Nityānanda Prabhu and His disciplic succession.āpane dakṣiṇa deśa karilā gamanagrāme grāme kailā kṛṣṇa-nāma pracāraṇa(CC Adi 7.166)And He Himself went to the southern part of India, and He preached this Kṛṣṇa consciousness from village to village, town to town.setubandha paryanta kailā bhaktira pracārakṛṣṇa-prema diyā kailā sabāra nistāra(CC Adi 7.167)Setubandha means Cape Comorin. He went up to Cape Comorin, and to northern India, up to Vṛndāvana. I do not know He went to the Punjab side, but up to Vṛndāvana, Delhi, and beginning from Delhi, up to the, practically, the whole length of India He traveled, through Maharashtra and other provinces. Kṛṣṇa-prema diyā kailā sabāra nistāra. So practically the whole of India was surcharged with this Kṛṣṇa consciousness during the starting of this movement in India by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.