What Does 108 in The Names Of The Acaryas Mean?

[Guest guest]

> What is the pramana for all these different manjaris? These are lots of

> speculation involved. Who is Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja? What authority

> does he have?

>

> Please enlighten

 

What authority does anyone have? Guru, sadhu and sastra. This is the general

authority for any Gaudiya Vaishnava.

 

Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja is a disciple of Bhaktivedanta Vamana

Maharaja, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada's sannyasa guru, Bhaktiprajnana

Kesava Maharaja. So watch out, he may not be in ISKCON. So perhaps you may

not consider his guru, sadhu and sastra authoritative.

 

I would be obliged if you would first ask for the reference, and then, if

not available, call it speculation. Otherwise, your good self may be blaming

Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti or anyone as a speculator, whose teachings

Sripad Tirtha Maharaja might present.

 

Regarding the manjaris, Rati Manjari we know, he is Raghunath dasa Goswami,

Kamala Manjari is Thakur Bhaktivinode, as in his writings, and Vinoda

Manjari is Bhaktiprajnana Kesava Goswami, as per his own revelation of it.

They all have their group of followers. I do not find any speculation in

this.

 

Should there be any further questions in this regard, they may be addressed

to Maharaja himself, preferably in a submissive state of mind, instead of

being in a challenging mood, "Who are you to say anything", like that.

 

He may be reached at gourgovinda (AT) hotmail (DOT) com, if there would occur any

situation for a submissive inquiry, and if this would happen, I would be

very obliged to hear his answers too, which I trust would be posted here by

your good self.

 

I hope that your bhajan is going well.

 

Vaishnavadasanudas,

Atul Krishna das