His father, Jagannatha Misra, a poor ‘brahmana’ of the Vedic order, and His mother, Saci-devi, a model good woman, both descended from ‘brahmana’ stock originally residing in Sylhet. “Shri Lokanatha Goswami was a personal associate of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and a great devotee of the Lord. He went first to Kurmaksetra, where He performed a miracle by curing a leper named Vasudeva. It was at this time that He opened a nocturnal school of ‘kirtana’ in the compound of Shrivasa Pandita with His sincere followers. He then resolved to be a citizen of the world by cutting His connection with His particular family, caste and creed, and with this resolution He embraced the position of a ‘sannyasi’ at Katwa, under the guidance of Keshava Bharati of that town, on the 24th year of His age. I think You do not understand the Vedanta, for You do not say anything after hearing my recitation and explanations.’ The reply of Chaitanya was that He understood the sutras very well, but He could not make out what Shankaracarya meant by his commentaries. Thus there was a continuation of utterance of ‘Haribol’ in the house, foreshewing the future mission of the hero. Sponsorship is only Rs. “The first mandate that He issued to Prabhu Nityananda and Haridasa was this: ‘Go, friends, go through the streets of the town, meet every man at his door and ask him to sing the name of Hari with a holy life, and you then come and report to Me every evening the result of your preaching.’ Thus ordered, the two preachers went on and met Jagai and Madhai, two most abominable characters. Being born in a muslim family, despite being a great vaishnava, he always considered himself to be extremely fallen and destitute, to the extent that during his stay in Puri he would not even go on the path taken by the Pujaris of Lord Jagannath for the fear of contaminating them by his presence. Dear devotees . Chaitanya, though a very young boy, consoled His parents, saying that He would serve them with a view to please God. Sarvabhauma was a gigantic ‘pandita’ of the day. The lad again ate up the cooked rice while the ‘brahmana’ was offering the rice to Krishna with meditation. He renounced his aristocratic position to serve the mission of Lord Chaitanya. Earth, while in the state of a jug, could be used as a water pot, but in the state of a brick such a use was not possible. It was at His mother’s request that He married Visnupriya, the daughter of Raja Pandita Sanatana Misra. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada. ISKCON through its corporate training wing reaches out to the present day professionals to help them in leading a... *Announcements for 3rd August 2020* 1. He loved His mother all along and sent her ‘Mahaprasada’ now and then with those who went to Nadia. Mahaprabhu was a beautiful child, and the ladies of the town came to see Him with presents. He was at this age considered one of the best scholars of Nadia, then renowned seat of ‘nyaya’ philosophy and Sanskrit learning. His mother’s father, Pandita Nilambara Chakravarti, a renowned astrologer, foretold that the child would be a great personage in time; and he, therefore, gave him the name Vishvambhara. About the year 1500 A.D., the incarnation of God Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu began the Hare Krishna Movement in Navadvip, a city in the Indian province of Bengal. On this point Gopinatha and Sarvabhauma had a hot discussion. Completely satisfied by the mood of Srila Haridas Thakur, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would come and visit him everyday after taking darshan of Jagannath while staying in Puri. (https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report) “It was after this that some of the jealous and low-minded ‘brahmanas’ of Kulia picked a quarrel with Mahaprabhu and collected a party to oppose Him. His sweet appearance gave cheer to all who came in contact with Him. It was impossible even for learned scholars to oppose Chaitanya for a long time, for there was some spell in Him which touched their hearts and made them weep for their spiritual improvement. Advaita managed to invite all His friends and admirers from Nadia and brought Sachidevi to see her son. Quotes from Vaisnava Acaryas “Madhavendra Puri was a well known sannyasi of the Madhva sampradaya. Beautiful as the lad was, everyone heartily loved to see Him every day. Their names had been changed by the Emperor into Dabir Khas and Sakara Mallik, and their master loved them heartily since they were both learned in Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit and were loyal servants of the state. Being a married man, He went to Eastern Bengal on the banks of the Padma for acquirement of wealth. This they did, and Nimai marched out with His ‘sankirtan’ divided in 14 groups, and on His arrival in the Kazi’s house, He held a long conversation with the Kazi and in the end communicated into his heart His Vaishnava influence by touching his body. Nadia now became the regular seat of a host of Vaishnava ‘acaryas’ whose mission it was to spiritualize mankind with the highest influence of the Vaishnava creed. Now that He had come to Gauda, both the brothers appeared before Him with their long-standing prayer. “While at Benares, Chaitanya had an interview with the learned ‘sannyasis’ of that town in the house of a Maratha ‘brahmana’ who had invited all the ‘sannyasis’ for entertainment. The ‘bhaktas’ were highly pleased. Afraid of the so-called conquering pandita, the tola professors of Nadia left their town on pretence of invitation. After a short stay at Puri He left for Vrindavana. Sunday, July 11, 2010, is the disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur an Acharya in our Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya. Nityananda Prabhu, who was then a preacher of Vaishnavism and who had then completed His travels all over India, joined Him at that time. All well! This he markedly did in the case of Junior Haridasa. The followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are known as Gaudiya Vaishnava(s). His readings after that were of the nature of self-study in His own house, where He had found all-important books belonging to His father, who was a ‘pandita’ himself. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. He was born in Nadia (Vidyanagara) and taught innumerable pupils in the ‘nyaya’ philosophy in his tola there. The people of Nadia were now surprised. The Kazi then joined the sankirtan party. “Now, after the tenth year of His age, Chaitanya became a passable scholar in grammar, rhetoric, the ‘smrti’ and the ‘nyaya’. During His journey He had several discussions with the Buddhists, the Jains and the ‘mayavadis’ in several places and converted His opponents to Vaishnavism. As a ‘sannyasi’, Krishna Chaitanya put on nothing but a ‘kaupina’ (two pieces of cloth, a loin cloth) and a ‘bahirvasa’ (outer covering). Gopinatha, who had known Mahaprabhu from Nadia, had a great reverence for Him and declared that the ‘sannyasi’ was not a common human being. Rupa Goswami left Allahabad for Vrindavana, and Mahaprabhu came down to Benares. Iskcon chennai welcomes all of you to participate in the Gaura Purnima festival ( appearance day of lord chaitanya mahaprabhu) on 9th march […] Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts. The Kazi then wept and admitted that he had felt a keen spiritual influence which had cleared up his doubts and produced in him a religious sentiment which gave him the highest ecstasy. It appears that He read the ‘smrti’ in His own study, and the ‘nyaya’ also, in competition with His friends, who were then studying under the celebrated ‘pandita’ Raghunatha Siromani. It was at the age of 14 or 15 that Mahaprabhu was married to Lakshmidevi, the daughter of Vallabhacharya, also of Nadia. He left His little world in His house for the unlimited spiritual world of Krsna with man in general. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur was born on September 2nd, 1838 in Bir Nagar near Navadwip, in the state of West Bengal in India. Designed by ISJM Webteam, #159, 1st Main Rd, Seshadripuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560020, Bhaktivedanta Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), BENEFITS OF TAKING THE MI BHAKTI-SASTRI COURSE. Thus, it was that Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu visited this place and chanted the glories of the Supreme Lord. There are hundreds of anecdotes described by His biographers which we do not think it meet here to reproduce. Then ensued reciprocal conversation. Both pleasure and pain invaded her heart when she saw her son in the attire of a ‘sannyasi’. In this way he honoured the great Namacharya Srila Haridas Thakur.On this auspicious day of his disappearance, we pray at the lotus feet of Srila Haridas thakur to please bless us with some taste for chanting the holy names of the Lord, for Krishna naam is the only solace for the suffering conditioned living entities stuck in the material world. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the most merciful manifestation of Shyamsundar endowed with the mood and lustre of Srimati Radhika, descended to this material world for the benefit of the fallen conditioned living entities during the quarrelsome age of Kali and propogated the chanting of the holy names of Sri Krishna. His biographers have described the journey of Krishna Chaitanya (that was the name He got after His ‘sannyasa’) from Shantipura to Puri in great detail. He had left for Puri some time before the birth of Nimai Pandita. The year was 2000. …He showed His heavenly powers in the house of Shrivasa Pandita in the presence of hundreds of His followers, who were mostly well-read scholars. Previously his name was Shri Purushottama Acharya. His mother’s father, Pandita Nilambara Chakravarti, a renowned astrologer, foretold that the child would be a great personage in time; and he, therefore, gave him the name Vishvambhara…. Check out the verses from Mahabharata and some of the Puranas which disclose the fact that Lord Chaitanya is the Supreme Lord. The disappearance of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu nonetheless put Gadadhar pandit in such a state of excruciating pain of separation that he became old very fast, even though he was only 47 at that time and due to this, performing service to Gopinath was getting difficult for him. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura powerfully spread the teachings of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the early twentieth century. ISKCON, Vrindavan also celebrated this festival. Nimai Pandita was now the most important ‘pandita’ of His times. In fact, he made vow to go to Vrindavan and to jump from the Govardhan hill to commit suicide. Palace Temple will comprise of 6 floors. Mahaprabhu brought light to the chanting of Hare Krishna Mahamantra. All who came to Him believed in Him as the all-beautiful God appearing in the nether world for the benefit of mankind. “Upon His return to Puri, Raja Prataparudra-deva and several ‘pandita brahmanas’ joined the banner of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Shri Svarupa Damodara is an eternal associate and friend of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Keshava met Mahaprabhu at the Barokona-ghata in Mayapur, and after a very short discussion with Him he was defeated by the boy, and mortification obliged him to decamp. His followers of the town of Nadia commenced to sing the Holy Name of Hari in the streets and bazaars. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as a devotee of Krishna in Mayapur, West Bengal, India in the late fifteenth century. Svarupa Damodara, who had been known by the name of Purushottamacharya while Mahaprabhu was in Nadia, joined Him from Benares and accepted service as His secretary. They insulted the preachers on hearing Mahaprabhu’s mandate, but were soon converted by the influence of ‘bhakti’ (devotion) inculcated by their Lord. © 2021 ISKCON Vrindavan. Balabhadra reported that Mahaprabhu had shown a good many miracles on His way to Puri, such as making tigers and elephants dance on hearing the name of Krishna. There were now two Gaur-Nitai in the kirtan! Upon His arrival at Puri He saw Jagannatha in the Temple and resided with Sarvabhauma at the request of the latter. The ‘sannyasis’ of Benares soon fell at the feet of Chaitanya and asked for His grace (‘krpa’). As He grew up He became a whimsical and frolicsome lad. To read more enquiries by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to Ramananda Raya click the link below: ... Srila Haridas Thakur – Disappearance Day – Sep 12, 2019; Recent Comments. In the festival that was then celebrated, he again danced madly in separation from his dear associate, after which he personally fed all the vaishnavas who had come for the festival. The Kazi came to Shrivasa Pandita’s house and broke a ‘mrdanga’ (‘khola’ drum) there and declared that unless Nimai Pandit ceased to make noise about His queer religion he would be obliged to enforce Mohammedanism on Him and His followers. He was most amiable in nature. The ‘smarta brahmanas’ became jealous of Nimai Pandita’s success and complained to Chand Kazi against the character of Chaitanya as un-Hindu. The lad was convinced and admitted His stupidity in eating clay and agreed to avoid the mistake in the future. With the desire of the Lord, the twig immediately sprouted and grew into a huge tree with branches spread out in all directions giving a cool pleasant shade, under which Haridas Thakur began doing his bhajan in accordance with the instruction of Mahaprabhu. Prior to his appearance, there was no evidence of prema bhakti in the Madhva line. (In the image: Lord Chaitanya along with other Devotees performing Kirtan at Shrivas Thakur’s house). Astonished as this, Sarvabhauma said, ‘How is it that you understand the meanings of the ‘sutras’ and do not understand the commentaries which explain the ‘sutras’? There He preached, there He sang, there He danced, and there He expressed all sorts of religious feelings. This was brought to Mahaprabhu’s notice. His treatment to Haridasa (senior) will show how He loved spiritual men and how He defied caste distinction in spiritual brotherhood.” (Thakura Bhaktivinoda. The essence of His teachings are as follows: Lord Sri Krsna, who appeared as the son of the King of Vraja (Nanda Maharaja), is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is worshipable by all. Mahaprabhu had written in reply that He would come to them and extricate them from their spiritual difficulties. Every Sunday ISKCON Youth Forum(IYF) Class: 2 PM – 4 PM; Every Sunday Satsang : 6:30 PM -9 PM; Ramachandra Vijayotsava & Sri Madhvacarya-Apperance : 19th Oct 2018; Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadashi: 20th October 2018; Sri Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami Disappearance, Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami Disappearance, Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami Disappearance: … At Rangakshetra He stayed for four months in the house of one Venkata Bhatta in order to spend the rainy season. In the Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika, Kavi Karnapura has stated that Sri Rupa Gosvami was … ISKCON Seshadripuram Bangalore. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534 C.E.) )” This was taken from “Prologue” to “Teachings of Lord Chaitanya” (A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He dispatched six disciples (Goswamis) to Vrindavana to preach love in the upcountry. Several conflicting references to Sri Chaitanya’s Death/Disappearance exist. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu preached the Srimad-Bhagavatam and propagated the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita in the most practical way.