*/ Chapter 3 - Vaiṣṇava-tattva The Vaishnava Principle Definition of a Vaiṣṇava 3.1 One who is initiated into the Vaiṣṇava mantra and who is devoted to worshiping Lord Viṣṇu is a Vaiṣṇava. One who is devoid of these practices is not a Vaiṣṇava. (Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, 11, quoted from Padma Purāṇa) Different Kinds of Vaiṣṇavas 3.2 Vaiṣṇavas are divided into different sampradāyas

*/ Chapter 4 - Gaura-tattva The Gaurāṅga Principle The Evidence From Śruti for Lord Caitanya 4.1 The Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu , is brilliantly effulgent and imperishable like molten gold. He is the Supreme Controller. He controls the mode of goodness and through saṅkīrtana bestows spiritual intelligence on the living beings. In the guise of a sannyāsī, He

*/ Chapter 5 - Nityānanda-tattva The Nityānanda Principle Nityānanda and Advaita Two Main Branches of the Caitanya Tree 5.1 Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaitācārya are the two expansions of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu who assist His transcendental pastimes. ( Cc. Ādi 5.146) 5.2 May Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu be the object of my constant remembrance! Saṅkarṣaṇa, Mahāviṣṇu, Garbhodakṣāyī Viṣṇu, and Kṣīrodakṣāyī Viṣṇu, as

*/ Chapter 6 - Advaita-tattva The Advaita Principle The Truth About Advaita Prabhu 6.1 Lord Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu, whose main function is to create the cosmic world through the actions of māyā . ( Cc. Ādi 6.4) 6.2 Because He is non-different from Hari, He is called Advaita , and because He propagates the cult of

*/ Chapter 7 - Kṛṣṇa-tattva The Krishna Principle The one Absolute Truth is Realized in Three Different Ways 7.1 Great seers of the truth, who understand the nature of the Absolute Truth, describe that non-dual truth in three ways as Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān. ( Bhāg. 1.2.11) 7.2 Kṛṣṇa is the one Absolute Truth which is conceived of in three

*/ Chapter 8 - Śakti-tattva The Shakti Principle The Energies of the Supreme are Unlimited 8.1 What to speak of those who are under the direction of the great devotees, chanting the holy name of the Unlimited, who has unlimited energy. The Lord, who is unlimited in energy and in transcendental attributes, is called ananta , unlimited . ( Bhāg.

*/ Chapter 9 - Bhagavad-rasa-tattva The Principle of the Mellows of Divine Rasa in relation to Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, the Ocean of Transcendental Mellows, Appears Differently to Devotees 9.1 "O king, the reservoir of all rasas , the fountainhead of all divine mellows, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was seen in different ways by those who are acquainted with Him in different relationships. When

*/ Chapter 10 - Jīva-tattva The Jīva Principle The Jīva is a Separated Infinitesimal Particle (Vibhināṃśa) of the Lord 10.1 Kṛṣṇa expands into many forms. Some are personal expansions, and some are separate expansions. Thus He performs pastimes in both the spiritual and material worlds. The spiritual worlds are the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and the material universes are brahmāṇḍas , gigantic

*/ Chapter 11 - Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva The principle of inconceivable oneness and difference The Śruti on the Subject of Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva 11.1 Although His form is one, the Super-soul, who is the indwelling witness and controller of all living beings, is manifest in innumerable ways. The wise who can see that Supreme Soul within his heart becomes peaceful and enjoys transcendental bliss.