Advaita Acharya
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Śrī Advaita Acharya | |
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| Known for | Expounded Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Bhakti yoga along with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Śrī Nityānānda Prabhu |
| Philosophy | Bhakti yoga, Achintya Bheda Abheda |
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| Guru | Madhavendra Puri |
| Associates | Śrī Nityānānda Prabhu, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Śrī Gadadhāra Pandita, Śrīvāsa Thakura, Haridasa Thakur and others |
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Advaita Acharya (
Gaudiya Vaishnava movement, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and guru of Haridasa Thakur.[2][3] He was born in the village of Nabagram in Laud (in present-day Sunamganj District, Bangladesh), in 1434, some fifty years before Chaitanya, and spent most of his adult life in the town of Shantipur in Nadia with his wife and family. Advaita Acharya had six sons, Acyutananda Das (who also became a disciple of Chaitanya), Krisna Mishra, Gopala Das, Balarama Das Mishra (whose lineage became the zamindar of Krishna Chandra
), Swarupa Das and Jagadisa Mishra.
Advaita Acharya contributed in two
Chaitanya Charitamrta, the Chaitanya Mangala and the Chaitanya Bhagavata
.
Life story
Advaita Acharya was the son of Kubera Acharya. Kubera was the courtier of Divya Singh, the King of Laur. Kubera's father was Narsingha who was the minister of King Ganesha of Nadiyal.[7]
In his latter years, Advaita Acharya became increasingly saddened by the pursuit of
, his prayers were answered when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born. It was also Advaita Acharya who first proclaimed Chaitanya to be God Himself by reciting the Vedic text 'namo brahmanya devāya go-brāhmaṇa hitāya ca jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ' 'I salute Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, the god of brāhmaṇas who benefits cows and brāhmaṇas and the whole world.' He is known to have been a close friend of both Chaitanya and Nityananda in their mission of spreading the Hare Krishna mantra. Advaita Acharya's abode was the first place where Chaitanya took alms, and this is where He told Chaitanya "Wherever you are is Vrindavan."[8] On the day marking his birth members hold a celebration in his honour and read and discuss stories of his life.Descendants of Advaita Acharya
He has many lineages from two of his children.
Dilip Kumar Roy
.
See also
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- Hare Krishna (mantra)
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Advaita Parivāra
- Nityananda
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- Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)
References and notes
- ^ Krishna Das is the name of Divya Singha, the king of Laur. After becoming a fellower of Advaita Acharya, Divya Singha adopted this name.[4]
- ISBN 9780836413212. Retrieved 7 June 2008.p. 52
- ISBN 978-0-231-12256-6. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ISBN 0-231-12954-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-89233-40-2.
- ISBN 81-7066-966-9, pp.302-6
- ^ Sen, Dinesh Chandra (1911). History of Bengali Language and Literature, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.496-7
- ^ Nath, Rajmohan (1948). The back-ground of Assamese culture. A. K. Nath. p. 123.
- ISBN 0-89213-357-0.