Bhakti Prajnan Keshava

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Template:Infobox religious biography Template:Vaishnavism Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (Template:IAST3; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (Template:IAST),Template:Sfn was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder-acharya of the religious organisation "Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti", formed in Calcutta in 1940,Template:Sfn Template:Sfn and its geadquarters, monastery Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math in Nabadwip.

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Samadhi Mandir of Bhakti Prajnana Keshav and Bhakti Vedanta Bamana in Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math.

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada were godbrothers (disciples of the same spiritual master). Abhay Charanaravinda Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (taking the title "Bhaktivedanta" and 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.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ 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." [{{{url}}} Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta](2002).

Bibliography

[{{{url}}} Acarya Kesari Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami - His Life and Teachings]. GVP(1999).
As good as God: the guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. Åbo Akademi University Press.
The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Columbia University Press(2004). ISBN 0-231-12256-X
Vaishnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass.
[{{{url}}} Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta](2002).
The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Columbia University Press(2004). ISBN 0-231-12256-X

External links

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Spiritual Leaders - Gaudiya-Vaishnava Acaryas - Srila Bhakti Prajna Kesava Maharaja. www.goloka.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.

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[1] Anil Sooklal, A socio-religious study of the Hare Krishna movement in South Africa, p.28, 1986.

[2] 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." [{{{url}}} Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta](2002).

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