Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji
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Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Vamśi Dāsa 17 November 1838[1] |
| Died | November 17, 1915 (aged 77)[1] |
| Known for | being considered a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Guru | Got initiated by Nimaichand Goswami (Uthali, Bangladesh) |
Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji (
.He was born on 17 November 1838). He died on his 77th birthday in 1915.
In the early 1900s,
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura acknowledged that he took initiation from Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji and given the name 'Varsabhanavi devi dayita dasa'. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati would later take an unorthodox form of initiation into the sannyasa order, in which "he simply sat down before a picture of Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji and invested that order upon himself."[2] This is considered by some a contested topic.[3]
See also
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References
- ^ a b c Srila Gaura Kishora Babaji Maharaja, at Gosai (Sri Narasingha Chaitanya Ashram) website.
- ISBN 978-0-19-986590-1.
- ISBN 0-226-55723-5.
Further reading
- June McDaniel (1992). "Mysticism, Madness and Ecstasy". In Steven J. Rosen (ed.). Vaisnavism. New York: Folk Books. p. 292. ISBN 9788120812352.