So Lord Caitanya gives evidences from the Mahā-purāṇam, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that the Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is analyzed in two characteristics. What are they? The, the personal characteristics and taṭastha characteristics. Taṭastha means they are sometimes manifested and they are not sometimes manifested. So this material world is the taṭastha characteristics, and the spiritual world is the personal characteristics. So our effort is to get out of this taṭastha, or, I mean to say, taṭastha means marginal, marginal characteristics to the permanent characteristics. That is called spiritual elevation. We should not remain in the marginal state, but we should go to the permanent state.
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<div class="purport text"><p>The original characteristics of a substance are called svarūpa, and the subsequent corollaries are called taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, or marginal characteristics. The glories of the Lord's marginal characteristics prove Him to be the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. As soon as one understands this, one accepts Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.</p> | <div class="purport text"><p>The original characteristics of a substance are called svarūpa, and the subsequent corollaries are called taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, or marginal characteristics. The glories of the Lord's marginal characteristics prove Him to be the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. As soon as one understands this, one accepts Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.</p> | ||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.356|CC Madhya 20.356, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“By two symptoms—personal characteristics and marginal characteristics—the great sages can understand an object.</p> | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.357|CC Madhya 20.357, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Bodily features, nature and form are the personal characteristics. Knowledge of His activities provides the marginal characteristics.</p> | |||
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<div class="heading">All these activities are His marginal characteristics. | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.362|CC Madhya 20.362, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“All these activities are His marginal characteristics. Great saintly persons understand the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the indications of the two characteristics known as svarūpa and taṭastha. All the incarnations of Kṛṣṇa should be understood in this way.</p> | |||
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<div class="heading">The marginal characteristic is that it awakens pure love for Kṛṣṇa. | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.106|CC Madhya 22.106, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“The spiritual activities of hearing, chanting, remembering and so forth are the natural characteristics of devotional service. The marginal characteristic is that it awakens pure love for Kṛṣṇa.</p> | |||
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<div class="heading">Absorption in thought of Him is a marginal characteristic. | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.151|CC Madhya 22.151, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“The primary characteristic of spontaneous love is deep attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Absorption in thought of Him is a marginal characteristic.</p> | |||
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<div class="heading">Our effort is to get out of this taṭastha, or, I mean to say, taṭastha means marginal, marginal characteristics to the permanent characteristics. That is called spiritual elevation. | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.354-358 -- New York, December 28, 1966|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.354-358 -- New York, December 28, 1966]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Lord Caitanya gives evidences from the Mahā-purāṇam, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that the Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is analyzed in two characteristics. What are they? The, the personal characteristics and taṭastha characteristics. Taṭastha means they are sometimes manifested and they are not sometimes manifested. So this material world is the taṭastha characteristics, and the spiritual world is the personal characteristics. So our effort is to get out of this taṭastha, or, I mean to say, taṭastha means marginal, marginal characteristics to the permanent characteristics. That is called spiritual elevation. We should not remain in the marginal state, but we should go to the permanent state.</p> | |||
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Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
The original characteristics of a substance are called svarūpa, and the subsequent corollaries are called taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, or marginal characteristics.
CC Madhya 18.126, Translation and Purport: "These glories of Yours are only marginal. Originally You are the son of Mahārāja Nanda."
The original characteristics of a substance are called svarūpa, and the subsequent corollaries are called taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, or marginal characteristics. The glories of the Lord's marginal characteristics prove Him to be the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. As soon as one understands this, one accepts Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
CC Madhya 20.356, Translation:
“By two symptoms—personal characteristics and marginal characteristics—the great sages can understand an object.
CC Madhya 20.357, Translation:
“Bodily features, nature and form are the personal characteristics. Knowledge of His activities provides the marginal characteristics.
All these activities are His marginal characteristics.
CC Madhya 20.362, Translation: “All these activities are His marginal characteristics. Great saintly persons understand the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the indications of the two characteristics known as svarūpa and taṭastha. All the incarnations of Kṛṣṇa should be understood in this way.
The marginal characteristic is that it awakens pure love for Kṛṣṇa.
CC Madhya 22.106, Translation: “The spiritual activities of hearing, chanting, remembering and so forth are the natural characteristics of devotional service. The marginal characteristic is that it awakens pure love for Kṛṣṇa.
Absorption in thought of Him is a marginal characteristic.
CC Madhya 22.151, Translation: “The primary characteristic of spontaneous love is deep attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Absorption in thought of Him is a marginal characteristic.
Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
Our effort is to get out of this taṭastha, or, I mean to say, taṭastha means marginal, marginal characteristics to the permanent characteristics. That is called spiritual elevation.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.354-358 -- New York, December 28, 1966: