Chaitanya Upanishad - from where did it come?

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Does anyone have any information about how Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur

procured a manuscript of this Upanishad? I had heard that he obtained

it from a Sri Vaishnava sadhu, but I never got confirmation of that.

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Dear Susarla Prabhu,

 

Hare Krishna

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Regarding the Chaitanya Upanishad and its discovery by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur,

please find the following information: -

 

"This Upanishad was published by the great pioneer of the Krishna-bhakti

movement Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. The Thakur searched the length and breadth

of Bengal to procure an original copy of the manuscript of this rare Upanishad,

which describes the unique position and advent of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It

also describes the glorious position and importance of the Maha-mantra, or the

chanting of the divine name of Sri Krishna. He was finally provided a copy of

the original handwritten manuscript from one Pandita Madhusudana Maharaja, of

Sambala-Pura.

Upon the request of many Gaudiya Vaishnavas of the time, He wrote a lucid

sanskrit commentary called Sri Chaitanya-Charanamrita, or the nectar of the

lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya. The first edition of this book was originally

printed in Calcutta, Bengal by the Sri Chaitanya press in 1887."

from http://www.indiadivine.com/chaitanya-upanishad.htm

 

your servant,

R. Jai Simman

Singapore

 

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"krishna_susarla" <krishna_susarla (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>> Chaitanya Upanishad -

from where did it come?> > Does anyone have any information about how Srila

Bhaktivinod Thakur > procured a manuscript of this Upanishad? I had heard that

he obtained > it from a Sri Vaishnava sadhu, but I never got confirmation of

that.