A VAISHNAVA’S BODY IS NEVER MATERIAL

 

27 Jan: It should be remembered that a Vaishnava’s body is never material. It is transcendental and completely pure. Mahaprabhu’s affection for His devotees was displayed to Hari Das Thakur, which has been described in the Chaitanya Charitamrita as follows:

 

Hari Das said, “You are the merciful Supreme Lord; no one can understand the depths of Your heart. Vasudeva had such terrible leprosy that his gaping wounds were full of maggots, You are so merciful that You embraced him in spite of it. Your embrace turned him into a young man as beautiful as Cupid. No one can understand the waves of Your mercy.”

 

Prabhu kahe – vaishnava deha prakrita kabhu naya

aprakrita deha bhaktera cid-ananda-maya

 

The Lord answered, “A devotees’ body is never material. The devotee’s transcendental body is made of divine and ecstatic spiritual substance.”

                                                                        (Chaitanya Charitamrita 3.4.191)

 

A person who is without introspection or awareness of Krishna sees a Vaishnava’s body only externally and thus is deprived of the vision of his spiritual form.