Lord Caitanya's Disappearance

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>From "The Life and Times of Lord Caitanya:"

 

"The most prominent tradition concerning the Lord's disappearance states that He

merged into the Deity of Lord Jagannath. This perspective was accepted by His

Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and it is also supported by

very early biographers, one of whom was an eyewitness."

 

Satyaraja cites the tapes of conversations between Hayagriva and Srila

Prabhupada in San Francisco, April 5 and 6, 1967, "Outline of Lord Caitanya

Play."

 

He also writes: "Achyutananda, for instance, was an Oriyan disciple who was

actually at the Jagannath temple at the time of the Lord's departure, In the

first chapter of his authoritative work, "Shunya Samhita," he clearly says,

'Lord Caitanya, the great dancer, chanted the name of Radharani and like a

flash of lightning, immersed Himself within the sacred body of Jagannath.' This

then is considered the most authoritative account of the Lord's final manifest

pastime, since it was described by an eyewitness." He also cites the same

account in "Jagannath Charitamrita" and Ishvara das' "Chaitanya Bhagavat."

 

However, Bhaktivinoda Thakura in "Sri Chaitanya Mahaprahu, His Life and

Precepts," cites the Tota Gopinatha version. This is supported by

"Bhakti-ratnakar."

 

Srila BSST writes in his CC commentary: "His disappearance is traced to His

amalgamation with Gopinatha at Tota in Puri...Some are of the opinion that He

merged into the Jagannath Deity at the Gundicha Temple in Sundarachal."

 

Satyaraja writes: "Thus, it is concluded by orthodox Vaishnavas that either the

Tota Gopinatha story or the similar Lord Jagannatha version is the authentic

rendition of Mahaprabhu's disappearance. It is often accepted that both are

true, for just as the Lord appeared in seven kirtan parties, He can certainly

disappear into two difference Deities without difficulty. If it is accepted

that God is unlimited, the Vaishnavas say, then He need no be restricted by

only one disappearance story."

 

Rupa-vilasa dasa

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Hare Krsna.PAMHO.AGTSP.Let me first thank u all the

vaishnavas who took the trouble of answering my quiry

ie.,"disappearance of lord caitanya".I just found SP

writing in TOLC,that there was large gathering of devs

in Tota Gopinatha temple performing sankirtan amidst

LORD CAITANYA at that time LORD disappeared.Ofcource

this is not the exact wordings.But one can get exact

wordings if u type "tota GOPINATHA".

 

Hare Krsna.

std.

 

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