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Six months later Charan Dasa Babaji went mad and died in great distress. Goura - Gadadhar Deities of Bhaktivinod Thakur.

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Finally he arranged for a mutual exchange of personnel: himself for Babu Radha Madhava Vasu, deputy magistrate of Krishnanagar. Sometimes Jagannatha dasa Babaji would visit and have kirtan, chanting devotional songs glorifying Krishna. During his stay at Krishnanagar, Bhaktivinoda Thakura used to go to Navadwipa and search for the birthsite of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Later, after seeing the corruption of the government workers, he became collectorate officer. Chronology of the Life of Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was one of the foremost devotional scholars of his time, yet he always humbly presented himself as the insignificant messenger of the Lord, as we can note from the following passage:.

He had two companions going by the names of Brahma and Shiva; he claimed to be Maha-Vishnu. Sometime later, he married Bhagavati Devi. Biographers list three major preaching achievements of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: 1 Wrote authorized spiritual books. Then he renounced everything, accepted babaji, and entered samadhi, totally absorbed in the loving service of Gaura-Gadadhara and Radha-Madhava.

Refresh at home 2 p. Living as a, mahabhagavata Vaisnava, he stayed in the grhasta ashram until the last few years of his life. Study sastras a.

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This book found its way into the library of the Royal Asiatic Society in London, the library of McGill University in Canada, and other respectable institutions. After some time, he went to Puri and passed a teachers examination. He came to understand the unique importance of the sankirtan movement, spreading love of God through chanting of His names, that had been established in Bengal by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Translate Sanskrit sastras to Bengali 7 p. Two centuries later, the influence of the Hare Krishna movement had waned. During these years, Bhaktivinoda Thakura spent much time in seclusion chanting the holy names, though he still executed his worldly duties perseveringly. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is a prominent preceptor acharya in our succession of spiritual masters and disciples coming from Lord Krishna.

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Now we understand, why and how Srila A. After one month the tree crashed to the ground, and many people found renewed faith in the message of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. He was put in charge of the Mahisarekha subdivision in Haora. Court Duties 5 p. He became the deputy magistrate in Dinajapur, West Bengal, the highest rank in the government that could be held by an Indian person during the British rule.

Besides books in Bengali, Oriya, English reviving and explaining Mahaprabhu's message, he wrote hundreds of poems and songs full of spiritual sentiments and sastrie siddhanta philosophical conclusions. Later he admitted he was astonished that Sir William Duke had wanted to harm him. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gave them shelter and instructed them on this matter most exactingly.

Even under the pressure of official work as a magistrate in charge of a heavy subdivision he could always find time for devotional contemplation and work, and whenever I met him, our talk would turn in a few moments to the subject of bhakti and achintya bheda abheda, dvaitadvaita-vada etc.