The Devotee’s Background During His South Indian travels, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard of a saintly governor named Rāmānanda Rāya, who served the King of Orissa at Vidyanagara on the bank…
The Devotee’s Background During His years in Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attracted people of every background—scholars, beggars, saints, and kings. Among those who longed for His mercy was King…
The Devotee’s Background Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī was one of the six illustrious Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana — the direct disciples of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu who established the foundations of Gauḍīya…
The Devotees’ Background During His early preaching in Navadvīpa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu spread the chanting of the holy names throughout Bengal. Their saṅkīrtana process — dancing…
The Devotee’s Background After receiving the blessings of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at the Festival of Chipped Rice in Pānīhāṭi, Śrī Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī became completely detached from worldly life.Though born…
The Devotee’s Background Śrī Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī was born into an immensely wealthy family in Bengal. His father and uncle were powerful landowners who served under the Muslim governor of…
The Devotee’s Background Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, one of the greatest ācāryas in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition, lived in Vṛndāvana in the late seventeenth century.He was a scholar of unmatched…
The Devotee’s Background Among the intimate associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Navadvīpa was a physician named Murāri Gupta. Though externally a humble householder and doctor, he was inwardly a…
The Devotee’s Background In the same region of Kūrma-kṣetra, not far from the house of the devotee Kūrma Brāhmaṇa, there lived another learned brāhmaṇa.He was a strict ascetic and scholar,…
The Devotee’s Background During His journey across South India, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the home of a humble devotee named Kūrma Brāhmaṇa, who lived near the sacred shrine of Kūrma-kṣetra.…