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vivid sense of the personal presence of God, and his conviction that the whole world was the scene of the Divine Love.....He loved a being who could love him in return eternally.' Caitanya believed that the chanting of the name of God (Harināma) was quite sufficient to effect eternal deliverance, as the name of God posessed the power of wiping off the sins of men. Thus, Caitanya showed by his own illustration that the Haribole, ecstatic dances and pure and unadulterated exclusive devotion to the Lord Kțsia could bring the highest possible bliss to mankind, and it is usually indicated by trances, swoons of unconsciousness, tears of love, peace, and sweetness; and it is possible to any one who professes profound devotion for God. Thus, Caitanya opened the gates of salvation even to the low-caste-men, ignorant and illiterate millions of persons. He sought to remove religion from the carefully guarded ceremonies of Brahmanical ritual and threw open its hope and privileges to men and women of every rank and caste, of every race and creed. It needed no priest, for the offering of love required no sacerdotal sanction, and the grace of God was in no man's keeping. He promoted the ideals of charity, gentleness, and sympathy and conferred new values on humanity,
Tukārāma Maharashtra possesses a long chain of Vaişņava saints that lived in the post-jñānes'vara period.
1 Carpenter J. E. : Theism in Medieval India, p. 445. . 2 Ghose Shishir Kumar : Lord Gauranga. Vol. I, p. 233. 3 Carpenter J. E.: Theism in Medieval India, p. 448.
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