Gauracandra Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 I once read a very nice statement by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. In essence he said that if one were to enter into a church or mosque, and saw people sincerely worshipping God, one should feel internally very happy. Even though philosophically you may disagree on a number, if not many points, with a Christian or Muslim, internally one should think that they too are worshipping your Lord but simply in a different way. Similarly, there are many different kinds of Gaudiya Vaisnavas, who, while we may disagree on a number of points of philosophy, we should still feel engladdened upon seeing their worship of our same Lord - Sri Krsna Caitanya. So with that introduction, I am curious if anyone here knows about a disciple of Caitanya from Orissa named Acutananda. I don't know much about him, but I have heard he was a heavy, heavy mystic and he viewed Sri Caitanya as the Buddha returned to purify religion. My understanding is that his philosophy differs markedly from that of the Goswami's. If any of you can shed some light on this it would be appreciated. Gauracandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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