The Golden Volcano of Divine Love - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

THE GOLDEN AVATAR 33or follow this higher line of thought. A man shouldbe judged by his ideal, his aspiration for higher things.If the ideal is great, the man is great. What should bethe highest ideal? Love. Love is the supreme thing. Itis the most rare and precious thing. Divine love andbeauty is the highest thing ever known to the world,and those who can catch this are really possessed ofgood intellect (su-medhasaÓ). And one who possessesthis highest ideal should be considered a man of higherorder. He alone can understand and practicesa⁄kÈrtana. He alone can take to this path, this processof satisfying the Supreme Being by chanting the HolyName of the Lord.This is mentioned in ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam, as wellas in the MahÅbharata and other Vedic scriptures.KarabhÅjana ∞›i, the last of the nine great yogis, hasgiven us a clue to understand ßrÈ ChaitanyaMahÅprabhu as the special incarnation for the age.He has mentioned the incarnation for this age of Kaliin a mystic way. We may think, why has this not beendescribed very plainly? So many avatÅras are clearlydescribed, but when ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam describes ßrÈChaitanya MahÅprabhu as the incarnation for the ageof Kali, it is discussed in a mystic way. The answer isfound in the teachings of PrahlÅda MahÅrÅja, who