The three short texts presented here belong to the Caitanya Vai??ava tradition which was inspired by the great Bengali saint ?r? Caitanya (1486-1533 CE) over five hundred years ago. ?r? Caitanya's movement was itself a revival/reinterpretation of an even older tradition dating back to pre-common era Vai??avism (the worship of the god Vi??u). This is testified to in such ancient Sanskrit texts as the ?atapatha Br?hma?a (The One Hundred Paths Commentary [on the White Yajur Veda] 700 BCE) down thro