So-called Proof of Bipin Bihari Goswami's position

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Thanks for the info on the source. I got this story in a large bunch of

biographical files from a GBC when I first got a Windows computer.

 

Your servant,

 

Umapati Swami

 

 

> > > Can anyone confirm or refute the following story? It's supposed to

> > > have happened when Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was seven years

> > > old. It's from a series of files circulating around about previous

> > > acaryas:

> > >

> > > Srila Bhaktivinod had taken initiation from Bipin Behari Goswami, who

> > > came in the line of Gadadhara Pandit. When Bipin Behari Goswami was

> > > visiting Srila Bhaktivinod, Srila Bhaktivinod paid obeisances and

> > > Bipin Behari Goswami placed his foot on Srila Bhaktivinod's head.

> > > Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati saw this and was surprised. He

> > > thought this was a dangerous thing for Bipin Behari Goswami to do.

> > > When Srila Bhaktivinod left the room, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

> > > asked him a question: "You are my father's guru. But do you know who

> > > he is?" Bipin Behari Goswami was taken aback at this 7-year-old's

> > > question. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati continued, "My father is a

> > > nityasiddha, an eternal associate of the Supreme Lord. Do you have

> > > sufficient spiritual potency to place your foot on his head?" Srila

> > > Bhaktivinod returned at this time, so the conversation was

> > > interrupted. Bipin Behari Goswami said, "Your son is bold to the point

> > > of being rude." Later on, Srila Bhaktivinod found this out and used to

> > > tell this story to his disciples.

> >

> > Far out story to be sure. I have never heard of it. What's the

> > source?

> >

> > Your humble servant,

> > Hari-sauri dasa

>

> The source is Jati Shekhar Prabhu, the disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

> Saraswati Thakur and resident of Cuttack. He was frequently interviewed by

> HH Bhakti Bikash Maharaja and is the main source of a lot of Bikash

> Maharaja's information which he has published and is continuing to publish

> in various books. We don't know of any other source which confirms this

> information. According to Bhaktivinode Thakur's autobiography,

> Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur would have been approx 7 years old when

> the Thakur first met Bipin Bihari Goswami and took initiation, so if this

> happened it would have been at that first meeting. Foot-on-head is a

> normal procedure in some initiation ceremonies.

>

> For further information I suggest you ask Bikash Maharaja, or you can wait

> for his forthcoming book on Saraswati Thakur. It promises to be

> authoritative and interesting.

>

> Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das