Guest guest Posted May 25, 1999 Report Share Posted May 25, 1999 At 11:54 -0800 5/25/99, COM: Atmarama (das) BVS (Skopje - MAC) wrote: > >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. Thank you so much. That answers my question. Of course it doesn't minimize the role of Narottama Dasa Thakura, as his siksa guru. In fact it shows how incredibly important such a "giant" can be, even in the lives of great-great granddisciples. Nice model. Ys, Madhusudani dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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