by Puru Das Adhikari
Sri Sri Guru and Gaurangau JayatahACARYA KESARI SRI SRIMAD
BHAKTI PRAJNANA KESAVA GOSVAMI
His Life and Teachings
Ccompiled by a disciple of the Founder of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti and the Sri Gaudiya Mathas throughout India belonging to it, the best amongst the 10th generation of descendants in the bhagavata-parampara
from Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Sri Gaudiya Acarya Kesari Nityalilapravista
Om Visnupada Astottarasata
Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava
Gosvami Maharaja
Tridandisvami Srimad Bhaktivedanta
Narayana Maharaja
Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
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Introduction to the first English edition
This book is unique and very significant. It presents for Western readers the life and teachings of a recent acarya in a Gaudiya Vaisnava (rather than a Western) environment. Here we directly see the activities and interactions of deeply realized vaisnavas within an authentic Gaudiya Vaisnava culture. We are also privileged to witness the guru-disciple relationship in a line of empowered acaryas, and to see a variety of expressions of guru-nistha.
Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja has presented an overview of essential Gaudiya siddhanta. He has shown practically how an acarya preaches and teaches, from the 'jungle-cutting' challenges to mayavada and the threats of apasampradayas and apasiddhanta, to the prayojana of Vraja bhakti. This present volume therefore has a very important role in the protection of our sampradaya, both in dispelling illusion and in establishing the real goal.
This is a more or less literal translation of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja's Hindi biography of Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajñana Kesava Gosvam.... We request the reader to be patient with our efforts. The English language is not capable of conveying the deep significance of one maha-bhagavata's statements about another maha-bhagavata. In addition, the patterns of speech in Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Mahaaja's eloquent, literary Hindi are quite different from those in conventional written English, and it is impossible to translate one into the other. Over and above that, our incompetence and inexperience must necessarily give rise to all sorts of imperfection, inaccuracy and inconsistency.
We have tried not to burden the Western reader with many unnecessary Sanskrit words and terms. However, we cannot appreciate or understand the Gaudiya presentation of tattva and rasa without becoming familiar with many Sanskrit words and terms for which there are no exact English equivalents. We have tried to introduce these in a systematic and reader friendly way, using translations in the body of the text and in footnotes.
This book has been produced by the combined efforts of many disciples and followers of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Naryana Maharaj. This list of the names who helped is far too long to publish.
Srila Maharaj has glorified his Guru Maharaj, saying that he accepts the very insignificant service of his servants as being very great. We pray that Srila Maharaj will show us the same mercy, but in much greater measure, because of our deep and real lack of qualification. He has accepted so much trouble and disturbance in trying to help his Western disciples and followers, who find no other shelter at the present time. We do not yet know what guru-seva actually is, but we helplessly pray to him that he will kindly continue to help and inspire us to become free from our deep attachment to maya-vasana, and to dive deep into the ocean of Sri Rupanuga Gaudiya Viasnava siddhanta and sadhana-bhajana.
It is said that the grandfather is much more affectionate than the father. We surrender at the lotus feet of Acarya Kesari Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaj, whose preadhing has helped to save us from ma dark destiny and to bring us toward the light. We humbly pray that he will bless our very feeble efforts to serve his beloved disciple Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaja, his dear Godbrother and sannyasa disciple Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, and our whole Gaudiya vaisnava parampara.
We pray at the lotus feed of Jagadguru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada for a particle of service to his disciples and successor acaryas, who are kindly and boldly continuing his mission and protecting his sampradaya.
On the occasion of the disappearance day
Sri Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Govami Maharaja,
Sarada Purnima, Samvat 2055 (October 24th, l999)
The Publishers
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The preaching of harinama-sankirtana is increasing everywhere today by the effort of the disciples and grand-disciples of Jagadguru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarsvati Gosami Prabhupada. He is the maha-purusa who is mainly responsible for preaching Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's visuddha bhakti and harinama-sankirtanathroughout the entire world. This was predicted by the Seventh Gosvami, Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura. As Bhagiratha brought down Bhagiratha Ganga, so Thakura Bhaktivinoda re-established the flow of Bhagirathi bhakti. That is to say, Srila Thakura again established the long-lost desire of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari, who is the most magnanimous form of Vrajendranandana Sri Krsna, resplendent with the bhava of Sri Radha. My most worshipful Srila Gurupadapadma, who is Srila Prabhupada’s intimate follower, has expecially made the fulfillment of Srila Prabhupada’s innermost desire the sole duty of his life. In this regard he had all kinds of hel form many of his Godbrothers, amongst whom Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaj is prominent. Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami’s causeless compassion and inspiration encouraged Srila Svami Maharaj in his preaching, and I (the author) am also making some slight endeavor to fulfill his inermost desire. Any success I am achieving in this endeavour is only due to his special mercy.
Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami is the sannyasa guru of Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaj, who is the outsanding preacher of suddha bhakti andnama sankirtana throughout the entire world in modern times. I am an insignificant person in all respects, but by his transcendental and causeless mercy I am also very successfully preaching the teachings of Gaurasundara everywhere in the world to fulfill his innermost desire. Seeing this, all fiathful people at home and abroad are very eager to learn about this transcendental maha-purusa’s supramundane character, his life-story and the speciality of his conceptions. These people have repeatedly requested me topublish his biography. Many of my respectable Godbrothers have also made the same requewst. However, I had to postpone the project because I was busy with other services and also had some problems with my health.
13 years ago, in l985, my Godbrtoher Pujyapada Parivrajakacarya Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja, who is the President and Acarya of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, and a follower of transcendental knowledge, compiled Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami, which is an account of his life, tattva-siddhanta and teachings. This book is written in Bengali, and is based on Paramaradhyatama Srila Gurupadapadma’s articles, essays, poems and writings which have been published in the daily Nadiya-prakasa, and the weekly and monthly Sri Gaudiya and Sri Gaudiya-patrika. In this book he has very briefly described Srila Gurupadapadma’ supramundane life-story and the speciality of his conceptions. This is extremely beneficial for those who speak Bengali, but nor for the vast numbers of faithful people who speak Hindi. This lack has been causing unease for a long time. I pray at the lotus feet of my Godbrothers and especially at the lotus feet of Srila Gurupadapadma, who is the ocean of compassion, to install power in my heart to be able to fulfill this task of making his life-story available in Hindi.
I had the good opportunity to stay with Srila Gurupadapadma personally and perform all kinds of seva from l945 until he entered aprakata-lila in l968. I stayed close t ohim,hearing his lectures, his scriptural devates with opposing parties, and his discussions and questions and answers at different places. During this whole time I took notes in my notebook. Sometimes I could not stay quite near him, and with great humility I enquired from about deep and confidential subjects, and I also had discussions with him. I wrote all these subject matters in my note book, and they also became inscribed in my heart. These discussion and interactions with Srila Gurudeva proved very useful for me.
While we were living in Sru Uddharana Gaudiya Matha in Chunchura, we repeatedly requested Srila Gurudeva’s younger brother, Sri Pulina Vihari Guhathakurta, to write a booklet about Sria Gurudeva’s life beginning with his childhood until the time that he joined the matha. This he did, and on the request of our Godbrothers, Sri Yaminikanta Dasa (M.E.B.T.),Jirata High School’s very able principal, wrote Srila Gurudeva’s biography in Bengali poetry based on this booklet. IN addition to the topics covered in Pulina Bihari Guhathakurta’s booklet, Sri Yaminikanta Dasa also incorporated some details about Srila Gurudeva’s life in Caitanya Matha and the later inauguration of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. Pujyapada Vamana Maharaj took help from this for his biography on Srila Gurudeva. The primary materials for this present edition are Sri Yaminikanta Dasa’s book, together with my own note books and memories. I personally heard from Srila Gurudeva’s mouth the many incidents form his own life and from the lives of Srila Prabhupada, Srila Gaurakisore Das Babaji Maharaja and Sri Vamsidasa Babaji Maharaja.
I have divided Srila Gurudeva’s biography into eight parts. The faithful readers may carefully read the different subject matters in this book, and judge the results for themselves.
Sriman Haripriya Brahmacari and Sriman Navinkrsna Brahmacari ‘Vidyalankara’ have worked ver hard to prepare the manuscript for this book. The service endeavours of Srimati Santi Devi Dasi and Sriman Purandara Brahmacari in composing and correcting this book are notable. In addition to this, the efforts of Sri Omprakasa Vrajavasi (M.A., L.L.B.) ‘Sahityaratna,’ Sriman Subhananda Brahmacari ‘Bhagavata-bhusana,’ Sriman Premananda Brahmacari ‘Sevaratna,’ Sriman Paramesvari Brhamacari, Srimad Pundarika Brahmacari and others in proof-reading and performing other tasks in connection with this book are extremely praiseworthy. My humble prayer at Srila Gurupadapadma’s lotus feet is that he may shower abundant kindness upon them and may engage them in his desired service.
On the occasion of the appearance day of
Sri Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja,
Samvat 2055 (February 3, l999)
An aspirant for a particle of mercy of Sri Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas,
Tridandi Bhiksu Sri Bhaktivedanta Narayana
Table of contents
- Bhagavata Guru-parampara............1
- Appearance...............8
- Childhood............10
- Student-life,protection of the samindari (land holidings and the
- beginning of spiritual life....14
- Taking darsaqna of Srila Gaura Kisore Dasa Babaji Maharaja and
- Receiving his blessings.......18
- Leaving home............24
- Receiving diks and guru mantra............31
- Ideal matha life..........33
- By the order of Sri Gurudeva Sri Vinodbihari defends the property
- of his previous asrama, his family zamindari......34
- Hospiality..............36
- Seva of the brhd mrdanga....39
- Seva of Sridhama Mayapura.............39
- Ideal guru-seva...........40
- A special contribution to the establishmnet of
- Bagbazar Gaudiya Matha.....44
- A Vedantic explanation of the word paramananda............46
- Sri Vinodbihari and the Thakura Bhaktivinoda Institute.........50
- The title ‘Kirtiratna.........51
- Bhagavata-seva through vcourt-case proceedings............52
- Ideal Vaisnava life...........53
- First meeting with Pujyapada Sridhara Maharaja.............54
- Prabhupada’s opinion of an ideal guru-sevaka.....57
- The transfer of Srila Gaura Kisore DasaBabaji Maharaja’s
- samadhi......59
- Preaching of suddha-bhakti....60
- Interest in tattva philosophy....62
- Sri mahamantra and kirtana...64
- Decorated with the title ‘Upadesaka’...........65
- His Highness Sri John Anderson, Governer of Bengal, visits
- Sridhama Mayapura.........67
- The inauguration of Sri Mandira and the Deities
- At Yogapitha.............69
- Mayavada ki jivani............70
- Srila Prabhupada enters aprakata-lila.........72
- General superintendent of the Gaudiya Matha mission...........77
- Obtaining the mercy of Srila Vamsidasa Babaji Maharaja......78
- Foundation of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.......81
- Complete dependence on Bhagavan.........86
- Sri Srimad Bhaktisarvasva Giri Maharaja........88
- Accepting sannyasa...........88
- Preaching in various places of Bengal.........90
- Re-establishment of Sridhama Navadvipa parikrama..........92
- Manifestation of acarya-lila....94
- Sri Sri Jagannathadeva’s Snana-yatra and Ratha-yatra in
- Sri Uddharana Gaudiya Matha, Chunchura......95
- Preaching and Vraja-mandala parikrama l944...99
- 84-kosa Ksetra-mandala parikrama l944... .....100
- Parental affection for his disciples..........107
- Sraddha ceremony according to vaisnava rites in
- Kalyanapura...............110
- Preaching in Bihar..........113
- Sri Vyasa-puja celebration... 114
- The departure of Srila Narahari Sevavigraha Prabhu...........114
- The decision to establish a matha in jagannatha Puri and the
- Publishing of a monthly trasncendental magazine..............118
- Preaching in Medinpura and Sundaravan........119
- The self-manifestation of Sri Gaudiya Patrika on the occasion of Sri
- Navadvipa Dhama parikrama and Sri Gaura-Janmotsava........125
- Sri Avyodhyadhama,Naimisaranya parikrama and
- urja vrata.................127
- Sri Setubandha Ramesvara parikrama and urja vrata...........130
- Srila Prabhupada’s viraha-utsava in Anandapada....131
- Preaching santana-dharma in Vasirahata and the reply to Sri
- Chattopadhyaya Mahasaya’s protest.............132
- Sri Navadvipa Dhama parikrama, Sri Gaura-Janmotsava and Sri Vigraha’s
- inauguration of Their newly constructed residence................134
- Sripada Trigunatita Brahmacari Prabhu’s vesasraya............135
- Preaching of suddha-bhakti in different places......136
- The collecting and publishing of Sri Vyas-puja-paddahati............137
- Awarding asottara-sara-nama tridanda-sanyasa..................138
- Preaching suddha-bhakti in various places of Assam............148
- Darsana of Sri Sr Jagannathaji’s Ratha-yatra in Sri Jagannatha
- Puri.............151
- Sri Janmastami vrata and Sri Nandotsava in Chunchura Matha............153
- Parikrama of Sri Badrikasrama and Kedarnatha...155
- Sri Purusottama vrata............159
- Re-establishing the Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Catuspathi.............161
- Parikrama of Sri Avantika *Ujjayani) and Nasik...163
- Preaching sanatana-dharma in Sri Ramapura Hoogly...........164
- Preaching suddha-bhakti in various places in Caubis Pargana
- and Medinipura.................164
- Lecture at the eminent Sanskrit conference in Chunchura...167
- Sri Vyaspuja festival in Visnupura Kamarpota of
- Medinipura........168
- Praching santana-dharma at various places in Assam...........169
- Establishing Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha in Mathura and
- Publishing Sri Bhagavat Patrika...............171
- Installation of the Deities and Annakuta fstivalin Sri Kesavaji
- Gaudiya Matha, Mathura..........176
- Preaching of the words of Sri Caitanya in various
- Places of Assam.................178
- A protest against the law controlling Hindu sadhus and
- Sannyasis..........180
- Inauguration of Sri Gologanja Gaudiya Matha (Assam).............. 183
- Sri Vyasa-puja celebration in Sri Golokganja Gaudiya Matha......185
- Sri Acarya Kesari in the All-Bengal Vaisnava
- Conference.........,..............185
- Observing upavasa (fasting) on Sri Radhastami................186
- Vyasa-puja at Sri Gauravani-Vinoda asrama in Khadagpur......188
- Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti and Aksaya Trtiya......190
- Preaching in Golokganja,Assam..............191
- Esablishing a primary school and method of teaching
- In Pichlada................192
- The installation of the Deities in Sri Golokganja Gaudiya Matha.....194
- Vyas-puja and inauguration of Sri Vigraha in the newly
- Constructed mandira in Sri Gauravani-Vinoda-asrama in
- Khadagpura...............196
- Protest against Vaisnava Darsana composed by Sri Radha
- Govindanatha.............200
- Srila Acaryadeva in different places of Assam......202
- Pichlada Gaudiya Matha installation of the Deities...............204
- A philosophical assembly in Kesavapura.........207
- Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s disappearance festival in
- Chunchura......210
- Sri Sri Jagannathadeva’s ratha-yatra..........212
- Celebration of Sri Janmastami and Sri Nadotsava at Sri
- Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, Mathura.............215
- Observing kartika-vrata in Sri Devananada Gaudiya Matha.......215
- Srila Prabhupada’s viraha-utsava in Chunchura Matha..........219
- 62 lectures of Sri acarya Kesari in 66 days......220
- Srila Acaryadeva in Mursidabada region.........225
- Preaching of suddha-bhakti in Sundarvana region of Bengal.......228
- Sri Vyasa-puja celebration in Chunchura Matha...230
- An extensive religious conferencein Valagada......233
- Preaching in Assam, Sundaravana and other places..............234
- Ratha-yatra and Jhulana-yatra celebrations in Sri Uddharana
- Gaudiya Matha.............235
- Parikrama under Srila Gurudeva’s shelter of all the Indian
- tirthas.........236
- Srila Acaryadeva in Jaipur.........239
- Establishing a preaching center of the Samiti in Orissa...........240
- Preaching of suddha-bhakti in Jaipur town.......241
- The auspicious desire of Srila Acaryadeva regarding Sri Gaudiya
- Vedanta Catuspathi managed by Sri Samiti ......244
- The opinion of the tola supervisor regading Sri Gaudiya
- Vedanta Catuspathi...........246
- Establishment of Sri Gaudiya Charity Clinic.........247
- Installation festival of Sri Vigraha in the newly built sri mandira
- During Sri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama and Sri Gaura-
- Janmotsava......248
- Sri Navadvipa Dhama parikrama and Sri Gaura-Janmotsava.......254
- Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha....256
- Sri Narahari Torana.........256
- Sri matha consisting of seven sections..........257
- Argument in the discussion regarding ‘touched and untouched’
- (bhoga) in Sri Jagannatha Mandira...............265
- Preaching in Siligudi and in various places in Bihar....267
- Srila Acaryadeva preaching suddha-bhakti in Calcutt and
- Medinpura......269
- Preaching sudha-bhakti in Sri Mathura, Vrndavana,
- Lucknow and Kasi.............270
- Srila Acarya Kesari in Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha,Calcutta.........271
- Inauguration of Sri Vasudeva Gaudiya Matha in Vasugrama, Assam....273
- Lecture in the law court library and district library of Siudi.........274
- Entering aprakrta-lila.................275
- A hint of his internal identity (sidha-svarupa)........279
- Theinferiority of direct perception............280
- Discussion with the Communist Samyavadi,Jyoti Babu............283
- Sri Gurudeva and bhiksa-dravya (donated commodities)..........285
- Srila Gurudeva and the svarupa of the jiva.........288
- The charm and superiority of the bhagavata-parampara...........298
- The guru-parampara of the commentator Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusan..................299
iii) Pancaratrika-parampara is included within the bhagavata-parampara..............301
- The rasika and bhavukabhagavata.............309
- Service to the sampradaya........316
- The distinction between the Smarta and the Vaisnava conceptions......318
- A subtle distinction between the ideas of Srila Bhativinoda Thakura and Srila Sarasvati Thakura............324
- Srila Gurupadpadma’s supramundane character and guru nistha........331
The siddhanta proclaimed by Srila Gurudeva...........345
- Pramana-tattva...............351
- The self-evident Veda is the crest-jewel of evidence...351
- Only Krsna is parama-tattva......353
- Sri Krsna is sarva-saktiman.......357
- Sri Krsna is akhhila-rasamrta-sindhu (the ocean of all ambrosial mellows)362
- Jiva is the vibhinamsa-tattva of Sri Hari..........367
- Deliberation on thejiva who is sunder the influence of maya in the conditionedstage on account of his marignal nature...........374
- The jiva is free form maya in the liberated state.......377
- The ideology of inconcveivable difference and non-difference.........382
- Deliberation on suddha-bhakti.......387
- Love for Krsna is the ultimate objective of the jiva.....396
Protecting the Sri Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya...401
- Refutation of kevaladvaita-vada......402
- The protection of his sampradaya.................411i)The Sri Gaudiya vaisnava sampradaya is in the line of Sri Madhva.....412
- Refutation of the doctrines of the smarta opponents of bhakti...........434
- Elligibility for serving Sri Salagram..............441
- Srila Gurupadpadma and sri vigraha-tattva..........442
- Refutation of ‘yata mata tata patha’..............452
- Refutation of the shajiya doctrine.....460
- Bheka-pranali and siddha-pranali....465i)Bheka-dharana (the system of babaji-veda).........465
ii)Siddha-pranali...............469
- Srila Gurudeva and viasnava literature..............481
- ‘The life history of mayavada’ or ‘The victory of vaisnavism..............481
- a) What is mayavada..............481
- b) Is this world false...............483
- c) The means of liberation............484
- d) The history of mayavada...........486
- e) Advaita-vada in Satya-yuga...........487
- f) The evolution of nirvisesa advaita-vada in Treta-yuga....488
- g) Advaita-vada and its transformations in Dvarapa-yuga.....489
- h)Advaita-vada or mayavada in Kali-yuga...............491
- i)Liberation is a fsle concept..........493
- Sri Sri Radha-Vinodabihari tattvastakam.............495
- Sri Mangala-arati........522
- Srila Prabhupada’s arati...............529
- Sri Tulasi parikrama and arati...........537
- Sri Caitanya Panjika (Sri Mayapura Panjika)...........544
- Statement about Sri Gaudiya Patrika......547
- Statements about Sri Bhagavata Patrika 5th June, 1955... ..552
- Literature on suddha-bhakti comiled,published written and edited by
- Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja.......557
- The disciples of Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami
- To whom he bestowed tridanda sannyasa and babaji vesa......558
- Parikramas organised by Srila Acarya Kesari...........560
- Preaching centres of suddha-bhakti established by Srila Acarya Kesari........560
- Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesaava Gosvami Maharaja Upadesvali.......562
- Some instructions handwritten by Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana
- Kesava Gosvami Maharaja............566
- Verse Index..............567-571
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