Bhaktisiddhanta saraswati biography examples
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Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru and instructor (1874–1937)
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (IAST: Bhakti-siddhānta Sarasvatī; Bengali: ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী; Bengali:[bʱɔktisiddʱantoʃɔrɔʃbɔti]ⓘ; 6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937), born Bimala Prasad Datt (Bimalā Prasāda Datta, Bengali:[bimolaprɔʃɑddɔtto]), was an Indian Gaudīya VaisnavaHinduguru (spiritual master), ācārya (philosophy instructor), and revivalist in early twentieth-century India. To his followers, he was known as Srila Prabhupāda (an honorific also later extended to his disciple A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada).
Bimala Prasad was born in 1874 in Puri (then Bengal Presidency, now Orissa) in a Bengali Hindu Kayastha family as a son of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda Thakur, a recognised Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava philosopher and teacher. Bimala Prasad received both Western and traditional Indian education and gradually established himself as a leading intellectual among
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Bhagavan
Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
Pranam-mantras
sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurv-anvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-samkirtanaih
mayavada-timingilodara-gatan uddhrtya jivaniman
krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje
"In the great Gaudiya Vaisnava teachers' line, as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati he's renowned. Like the radiant sun in the morning sky, he appeared to rescue all souls swallowed by the all-devouring impersonal philosophy. By spreading the teachings of Lord Gauranga to sing the Holy Name of Lord Sri Krsna, he gave all the chance to dive in the ocean of love of Sri Krsna, the Supreme individ. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, my lord, gudomlig master—at his feet do inom pray to serve him forever."
nikhila-bhuvana-maya-chhinnavichchhinna-kartri
vibudhabahula-mrgya-mukti-mohanta-datri
sithilita-vidhi-raga-radhya-radhesa-dhani
vilasatu hrdi nityam bhakti-siddhanta-vani
"With hi
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SrilaBhaktisiddhantaSarasvatiThakura:
The Lion Guru
During the time of Srila BhaktivinodaThakura’s stay on this planet the pure tro of Vaishnavism taught by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna CaitanyaMahaprabhu was essentially lost and had come to be considered of the degrading standard of simply a sex religion, or at best a cult of religious fanaticism and sentimentalism. The Thakura was very sad in his heart to see this and with a desire to present the actual teachings of Sri Caitanya, he wrote and published many books in Bengali, Sanskrit and English which conclusively presented to the world and to the people of India specifically the real teachings of Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu and His genuine följare. He also traveled to many parts of India preaching and giving lectures to many people whose hearts became changed bygd seeing his pure character and shining example. ThakuraBhaktivinoda&nbs