Lord Caitanya’s Lotus Feet

1.  Give your own meanings and then the dictionary meanings for the following words:

synopsis, chronological, maternal, paternal, prediction, ascertain

2.  Who is the author of the Caitanya Caritamrta?

3.  Find out about the author of the Caitanya Caritamrta and write a brief biography of his life.

4.  Who else wrote about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes?

5.  Is it a good thing to have more than one person write about Lord Caitanya? Why?

6.  Name three things that are different between the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and an ordinary child.

7.  Draw a picture of Lord Caitanya’s footprints.

8.  Can you think of another story which describes a similar instance of the Lord lying on his bed as a child? What happened in that story?

9.  What was Jagannatha Misra’s conclusion about the footprints in his house?

10.  When did Mother Saci discover the source of the footprints?

11.  Why do you think Jagannatha Misra privately called for Nilambara Cakravati?

12.  What was Nilambara’s occupation?

13.  What did he formerly say about Lord Caitanya?

14.  On the body of a great personality it is said five parts are large. What five parts do you think would be large?

15.  What five parts do you think would be fine?

16.  Why would Lord Caitanya be known as Visvambara?

17.  List five other names of Lord Caitanya.

18.  Find out as much as you can about the tradition of the name giving festival.

19.  Do you think names are important? Why?

20.  List your favourite three names for boys and your favourite for girls. What makes these names so special?

21.  Where do names come from?

22.  What other ceremonies might Lord Caitanya’s parents have observed for Him as a child?

23.  Give three reason for agreeing and three for disagreeing with the following statement:
“Lord Caitanya’s childhood pastimes are the most pleasing of all His pastimes.”

24.  Write a poem about the pastime of Lord Caitanya’s lotus footprints.

25.  Rehearse and act out the drama of this pastime.

26.  What emotions do the main characters in this pastime show? Draw up a chart or diagram which shows who was showing what emotion.

27.  Make a cartoon strip of this pastime.

28.  Create a triangle diorama of your favourite scene from this pastime. Label your diorama.

29.  Perform a ‘reader’s theatre’ of this pastime with the following characters.
Jagannatha misra, Mother Saci, Nilambara Cakravati, Narrator.

30.  Write a song titled “Lord Caitanya’s Lotus Feet. Perform it for the class.