Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami
Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami (Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava) (January 24, 1898 - October 6, 1968) - was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, formed in Calcutta in 1940.[1] Bhakti Prajnana Kesava was also known as a friend of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,[2][3] after whose death a number of Hare Krishnas left ISKCON and joined Bhakti Prajnana Kesava's organization (led at the time by his disciple Narayana Maharaja).[4]
He was also the sannyasa guru of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.[5] Bhakti Prajnana Kesava initiated ISKCON's founder into the sannyasa order on September 17, 1959 in his Gaudiya Math in Mathura, and gave him the name Bhaktivedanta Swami.[6][7]
Notes
- ^ Bryant&Ekstrand, 2004. p. 119
- ^ Rochford, E. Burke (2007). Hare Krishna transformed. NYU Press. p. 169. ISBN 0814775799.
- ^ Bryant&Ekstrand, 2004. p. 207
- ^ Eugene V. Gallagher, Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, p.30, ISBN 0275987124
- ^ Måns Broo, As Good as God. The Guru in Gaudiya Vaisnavism. ISBN 83-85527-56-7, [1](Åbo: Åbo Akademis Förlag 2003).
- ^ Anil Sooklal, A socio-religious study of the Hare Krishna movement in South Africa, p.28, 1986.
- ^ The Gauḍīya Patrikā's journal of Bhaktiprajana Kesava 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." Dasa Goswami, Satsvarupa ((1st ed) 1980-82, (2nd ed) 2002), Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol 1-2, pp. vol.1 1133 pages vol.2 1191 pages, ISBN 0892133570
References
- Bryant, Edwin; Ekstrand, Maria (2004), The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023112256X, http://books.google.com/books?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC
- Broo, Måns (2003), As good as God: the guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, Åbo Akademi University Press, ISBN 9517651325, https://oa.doria.fi/handle/10024/4128?show=full
- Rosen, Steven J. (1994), Vaisnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 8120812352, http://books.google.com/books?id=4IrQkw5x2o4C
- Dasa Goswami, Satsvarupa ((1st ed) 1980-82, (2nd ed) 2002), Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol 1-2, pp. vol.1 1133 pages vol.2 1191 pages, ISBN 0892133570
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Kesava Goswami, Bhakti Prajnana |
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January 24, 1898 |
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Banaripara, Bangladesh) |
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February 6, 1968 |
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Navadwip, India |