Lord Chaitanya was an Aprakrita Sahajiya (Following the Transcendental Easy Pat

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This question was requested of me: Please qualify your Sahajiya, as

" Prakrita Sahajiya " , because there is is nothing wrong with " easy " --sahaj.

Compared to Shunyavada and Brahmavada, Bhakti IS easy. It's a lot easier to

" love Krishna " than it is to be attracted toward the Void and the Brahmajyoti.

Here is my answer. It is a succinct definition of Sahajiya,or as you

insist, Prakrita Sahajiya. Lord Chaitanya and His followers like Prabhupapda are

aprakrita sahajiyas. They follow the flow of transcendental energy whereas the

prakrita sahajiyas mistake the mundane or prakata or prakrita for the

transcendental (divya sakti). There is no end of tension between aprakrita and

prakrita sahajism.

NB It is not just slackers in the West who are slightly loose with the tern

" Sahajiya. " It is also quite badly abused in Hindi and Bengali as well.

Best!

Robb