Guest guest Posted May 25, 1999 Report Share Posted May 25, 1999 > Dear Janesvara Prabhu, PAMHO. AGTSP! > > > I am not saying we can't ot shouldn't do it. But it should be minor > > consideration. Siksa from Srila Prabhupada is, ultimately, all that is > > necessary to go back home. Isn't it? It worked for Visvanatha Cakravarti > > Thakur. Why not us? > > I assume you are referring here to the fact that there is a "gap" between > the previously listed Narottama Das Thakur and Visvanatha Cakravarti > Thakur. But you should realize that Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur did have a > diksa guru. Just because his guru's name is not mentioned does not mean > that he wasn't qualified. > > And you say that siksa from Srila Prabhupada is all that is necessary. But > Srila Prabhupada's siksa is that we should chant the holy name, take > diksa, and worship the deity according to the agama sastras. So what do > you mean by this statement? > > Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das Bhaktarupa Prabhu's points are well made. Thank you Prabhuji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 1999 Report Share Posted May 25, 1999 > At 4:09 -0800 5/25/99, COM: Bhaktarupa (das) ACBSP (Bhubaneswara - IN) > wrote: > > > >But you should realize that Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur did have a diksa > >guru. Just because his guru's name is not mentioned does not mean that he > >wasn't qualified. > > There seems to be a great deal of interest in Visvanath Cakravarti > Thakur's relationship with his guru(s). Does anyone know from whom he took > diksa? > > Ys, > Madhusudani dasi This is from the BTG, Jan/Feb, 1991, an article about Baladeva Vidyabhusana, The Gaudiya Vedantist. Visvanatha Deputes Baladeva Visvanatha Cakravati, a scholar of great repute, lived in Vrndavana at this time. Visvanatha had been born in 1646 in a Bengali village named Saidabad, where he had spent the first years of his life. Like other aspiring young renunciants, Visvanatha had faced problems with his family, who had betrothed him at a young age to tie him to domestic life. As a married youth, Visvanatha had studied extensively, and while living with his family in Saidabad he had written brilliant commentaries on Vaisnava scripture. During his life in Saidabad, Visvanatha had taken initiation from Radharamana Cakravati and studied the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vaisnava scriptures with Radharamana's father, Krsnacarana Cakravati. Radharamana was three generations removed from the main preceptor in their line, Narottama Dasa Thakura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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