Pancha Tattva – The Absolute Truth in five features

Pancha Tattva tmakam Krishnam
Bhakta rupa svarupakam
Bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam
Namami bhakta saktikam
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I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, who is non-different from His features as a devotee (Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu), devotional manifestation (Sri Nityananda Prabhu), devotional incarnation (Sri Advaita Acarya), devotional energy (Sri Gadadhara Pandita) and pure devotee (Sri Srivasa Pandita).

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Lord Nityananda, His incarnation Sri Advaita Acharya, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Pandita, and His marginal potency Srivasa Pandita. Lord Chaitanya is in the midst of them as the Supreme Lord.

The Pancha Tattva (Pancha means ‘five’ and tattva means ‘truth’) incarnate along with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Lord, and in this way, He manifests the sankirtana movement in this world with great pleasure. Spiritually there are no differences between these five truths, for on the transcendental platform everything is absolute. Yet at the same time, there are also varieties in the spiritual world and it is important to differentiate between them to taste these spiritual varieties.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates, who are together known as the Pancha Tattva, had distributed the holy name of Lord Krishna to invoke the love of Godhead throughout the world. In this article we shall try to document all that one wishes to learn about the Pancha Tattva.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

All about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Lord Nityananda

All about Lord Nityananda (Nitai)

Advaita Acharya

• Birthplace of Advaita Acharya – Panatirtha, Sunamganj, Bangladesh
• Advaita Acharya – Life and Pastimes | Sripat Shantipur
• Advaita Acharya causes the appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Gadadhara Pandita

• Life and Pastimes of Gadadhara Pandita
• Tota Gopinath temple, Jagannath Puri
• Lord Gauranga and the parrot
• Lord Gauranga departs for Vrindavan leaving behind Gadadhara Pandita

Srivasa pandita

• Birthplace of Srivasa Pandita, Sylhet, Bangladesh
• Ecstatic pastimes at Srivasa Angan (residence of Srivasa Pandita) – Part 1
• Ecstatic pastimes at Srivasa Angan (residence of Srivasa Pandita) – Part 2
• Srivasa Pandita’s worshipable deities, Chinsurah, West Bengal

How to Worship The Pancha Tattva ?

• Worshiping the Pancha Tattva – Chaitanya, Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa
• Benefits of Chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra
• Meaning of Hare Krishna Mahamantra