A Journey of Surrender. Śrī Śiksastakam with Realisations by Yashomatinandana Das

It's my humble request to present to you realisations and practical thoughts from the depth of my heart for the pleasure of the Guru parampara. All the acaryas, great examplerary teachers, commented in one way or the other on the words of previous acaryas. It's a tradition to hear the words and repeat them in accordance to sadhu, guru and shastra. Not all of the acaryas wrote, but still, they used the spiritual lineage to propagate the message of Godhead, just as one would use the vast flow of a river to purify oneself.
The source of this vast river of transcendental knowledge is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Sri Radha-K???a, who appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Mayapur, Navadvip, West Bengal, India. Sri Chaitanya wrote only eight verses as a testament to the perfection of chanting the Holy Names of K???a. This instructive poem which was compiled in Sanskrit by Sri Chaitanya is called Sri Sik?a??akam, eight prayers to instruct about the glorious name of Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In every temple of the International Society for K???a Consciousness this prayer is recited, either in the morning, or sometimes in the evening, or sometimes at the auspicious appearance day of Sri Chaitanya.
The wonderful thing is that Sri Chaitanya appeared to taste love of Godhead, exemplifying the ecstatic life of a devotee to Lord K???a. It's a phenomenal theology; God appearing as His devotee, to taste His mellow in relationship with Him. The missionary activities are also incapsulated in the eight instructive prayers of Lord Chaitanya, who inaugarated the nama-sa?kirtanam movement, the 'complete' or 'congregational' chanting of Hare K???a Hare K???a K???a K???a Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.