Advaita-parivāra does not believe in Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
This issue is added to my omnibus 'In defense of the Advaita vaṁśa' on my website.
Furthermore the accusation is made against Sādhu Bābā (Nikunja-gopāl Goswāmī) personally that he would not accept mahā-prasād of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. That cannot be true because Gaura is Kṛṣṇa and why would he not accept Kṛṣṇa-prasāda?
In Bengal, some say about our Advaita-parivāra - ওরা গৌরকে মানে না orā gaur ke māne nā. The Bengali root-verb mānā means to honour, respect, believe in, obey, or accept the authority of. In other words, they claim the Advaita parivāra does not honour, respect, believe in, obey, or accept Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. However, none of these translations of the Bengali accusation applies to us. Advaita Ācārya is known as gour ānā ṭhākur, the Lord who invoked the advent of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. If Gour is not Bhagavān then what would be special about invoking Him? What would have been the need? Advaita Ācārya would then be an ordinary guy too. Why would we then worship the 13th direct descendant of an ordinary guy? How can Gour not be Bhagavān without Advaita Prabhu losing His divinity with it? Why are we fasting on Gaur Pūrṇimā if we don't believe in or respect Gaur? It is on our calendar. We start our day at 5 a.m by singing maṅgala āroti goura kiśora, the traditional maṅgala ārati-song of Mahāprabhu, before we do Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa maṅgala ārati. Before a lecture is given we sing the song ‘jaya jaya nityānandādvaita gaurāṅga’, also according to Vaiṣṇava tradition, and in the evening we sing the traditional sandhyā-ārati-song about Mahāprabhu, ‘bhāli goracānder āroti boni’ – without Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa cannot be attained. These songs are mentioned in our paddhati, or manual of daily worship, as shown below –
Furthermore the accusation is made against Sādhu Bābā (Nikunja-gopāl Goswāmī) personally that he would not accept mahā-prasād of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. That cannot be true because Gaura is Kṛṣṇa and why would he not accept Kṛṣṇa-prasāda?
Pranams,
ReplyDeleteThat you sing jaya jaya nityanandadvaita gauranga also shows that you are honoring Nityananda Prabhu, which may have been questioned.
Does Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji maharaj guru of Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur belong to Advaita parivar? Please clarify the actual lineage if possible
ReplyDeleteParamhamsa Srila Gour Kishor Das Babaji is from Advaita Parivara. His mantra Gurudev was Sri Srimad Nimaichand Goswami whose Gurupadapadma was Srimad Radharaman Goswami whose Gurupadapadma was Sri Sukadev Goswamipad who was a disciple of Srimad Keshav Goswami whose Gurupadapadma was Srimad Radhagovinda Goswami whose Gurupadapadma was Sri Gopinath Goswami who was the disciple of Sri Dolgovinda Mishra Goswamipad who was a disciple of Sri Srimad Krishna Mishra who was the direct disciple of Sri Advaita Acharya Thakur.
DeleteSources on this topic are not reliable. There is a lot of hearsay about this. Some say it was Nanda Kishor Goswami of Advaita Vams.
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