Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.1

c6.s2.1

The story of Caitanya's life has thus been told so often and so well that it is not necessary for us to enlarge upon the details. It is a life which is not so rich in striking external incidents as in impassioned religious consciousness, over which his devout biographers love to linger; but passing over the scenes of ecstasy, madness and miracles, which swell the bulk of his extant authoritative lives in Sanskrit and Bengali, the story can be briefly and plainly told. The abundant fancies, no doubt, envelop the few facts, but even in the orthodox pictures, a forceful religious personality emerges which is not lacking in human interest and appeal.