Bhakti Prajnan Keshava
Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja | |
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 Murti of Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja on the altar in the Gaudiya Math in Mathura | |
| Title | Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 9 February 1898 |
| Died | 6 October 1968 (aged 70) |
| Other names | Vinodabihari Brahmacari Kritiratna Prabhu |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
| Initiation | Diksa–1919, Sannyasa–1940 |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Vrindavan, India |
| Period in office | 1940 - 1968 |
| Predecessor | Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati |
| Successor | Srila Bhaktivedānta Vamana Goswāmī Maharaj. |
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Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (IAST: Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (Mahārāja), was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organisation Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, formed in Calcutta in 1940.[1]
Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada were godbrothers (disciples of the same spiritual master). Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (taking the name Swāmī) when Keśava Gosvāmī initiated him into the renounced order of life (sannyasa) on 17 September 1959 at Keshava Maharaja's temple in Mathura.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ Bryant & Ekstrand, 2004. p. 131
- ^ Anil Sooklal, A socio-religious study of the Hare Krishna movement in South Africa, p.28, 1986.
- ^ The Gauḍīya Patrikā's journal of Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava has an account of the sannyasa initiation included a biographical sketch of Bhaktivedanta Swami, listing the major events of his life. The article concluded: "Bhaktivedanta Swami at the Śrī Keśavajī Gaudiya Math accepted sannyāsa from the founder of the Vedānta Samiti, Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava Mahārāja. Seeing him accept his āśrama of renunciation, seeing this pastime for accepting the renounced order of life, we have attained great affection and enthusiasm." Goswami, Satsvarupa Dasa (2002), Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), p. 1191, ISBN 0-89213-357-0
References
- Bhaktivedanta, Narayana (1999), Acarya Kesari Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami - His Life and Teachings (1st ed.), GVP, pp. 571 pages, ISBN 81-86737-14-6
- Bryant, Edwin; Ekstrand, Maria (2004), The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-12256-X
- Broo, Måns (2003), As good as God: the guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, Åbo Akademi University Press, ISBN 951-765-132-5, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 11 June 2010
- Rosen, Steven J. (1994), Vaishnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1235-2
- Goswami, Satsvarupa Dasa (2002), Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), p. 1191, ISBN 0-89213-357-0
External links
- "Spiritual Leaders - Gaudiya-Vaishnava Acaryas - Srila Bhakti Prajna Kesava Maharaja". www.goloka.com. Retrieved 3 August 2008.