Sri Siksastaka

The Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, composed eight verses that contain the essence of all the Vedas. Sri Siksastaka includes these eight prayers, plus commentaries on those verses by both Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.

As explained by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, "In a general sense, the first sloka teaches the process of congregational chanting; the second, how one can realize his inepitude to take up this chanting; the third, the procedure of chanting the Holy Name; the fourth, how to rid oneself of deception and detrimental mundane desires; the fifth, the jiva's original spiritual identity; the sixth, how one experiences his good fortune of coming closer to the Lord; the seventh, the mood of separation after one comes to the required sprirtual elevation; and the eighth, how one obtains the highest perfection in the matter of finding one's absolute necessity or goal."

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