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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.11
বৈষ্ণবের মধ্যে রাম-উপাসক সব ।
কেহ ‘তত্ত্ববাদী’, কেহ হয় ‘শ্রীবৈষ্ণব’ ॥ ১১ ॥
vaiṣṇavera madhye rāma-upāsaka saba
keha ‘tattvavādī’, keha haya ‘śrī-vaiṣṇava’
At the time, all the South Indian Vaiṣṇavas were worshipers of Lord Rāmacandra. Some were Tattvavādīs, and some were followers of Rāmānujācārya.
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The South Indian Vaiṣṇavas were worshipers of Lord Rāmacandra. Some were Tattvavādīs, and others followed Rāmānujācārya.
Tattvavādīs are followers of Śrīla Madhvācārya, whose disciplic succession comes from Lord Brahmā. They oppose impersonalism and establish the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī established pure devotional service, love of Godhead, as the ultimate goal of transcendentalism. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s followers are known as the Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya, distinct from the Tattvavādīs although belonging to the same Tattvavāda-sampradāya.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
A brāhmaṇa devotee of Lord Rāmacandra talked with Him. Then the Lord took His bath in the river Kṛtamālā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Prema · Love of Godhead
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In this verse: “love of godhead”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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