Raghunatha dasa Goswami
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Raghunatha dasa Goswami (1494–1586), a.k.a. Dasa Goswami, was a disciples of the Śrī Yadunandan-ācārya (see Vilāpa Kusumānjali, verse 4, Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Ādi chapter 12 and Antya 6) one of the apostle of the Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the primary six of which were collectively known as the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan. Together the Six Goswamis established the philosophical writings and records which became the theological basis of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Among the six, Raghunatha dasa was renowned for his qualities of simplicity and renunciation.
Background
Born as the son of a wealthy landowner Govardhana Dasa from
Panihati Chuda Dahi Festival
A major event that Raghunath Das Goswami organized was the Chuda-Dahi festival at Panihati. Raghunath was visiting Panihati to meet Lord Nitai, who is incarnation of Baladeva, and his associates. Nitai requested him to feed chuda-dahi (curd mixed with chipped rice) to all the devotees who were present there. Raghunath arranged for the ingredients from the neighboring villages, and helped by his associates, prepared two kinds of chuda-dahi. One contained chipped rice mixed with curd, sugar and bananas; the other contained chipped rice mixed with condensed milk, sugar, ghee, and edible camphor.
Then the preparations were served out, and everybody enjoyed it.[3]
Regulated lifestyle
According to accounts in the
In this connection Raghunatha dasa is quoted to have said:
- "If one's heart has been cleansed by perfect knowledge and one has understood Krishna, the Supreme Brahman, he then gains everything. Why should such a person act like a debauchee by trying very carefully to maintain his material body?"
Raghunatha Dasa Goswami served Chaitanya mahaprabhu for sixteen years at Jagannatha Puri. After which he went to
Main works
- Abhista-sucana
- Caitanyastaka (Stavavali)
- Dana-keli-cintamani
- Dana-nirvartana-kundastaka
- Gopala-raja-stotra
- Govardhana-vasa-prarthana-dasaka
- Govardhanasraya-dasaka
- Granthakartuh Prarthana
- Harinamartha-ratna-dipika
- Madana-gopala-stotra
- Manah-siksa
- Mukta-carita
- Mukundastaka
- Nava-yuva-dvandva-didriksastaka
- Navastaka
- Prarthanamrita
- Prarthanasraya-caturdasaka
- Prema-purabhidha-stotra
- Premambhoja-maranda
- Radha-krishna-ujjvala-kusuma-keli
- Radha-kundastaka
- Radhikastaka (Stavavali)
- Radhikastottara-sata-nama-stotra
- Raghunatha-dasa-gosvaminah Prarthana
- Stavavali
- Sva-niyama-dasaka
- Sva-sankalpa-prakasa-stotra
- Utkantha-dasaka
- Vilapa-kusumanjali
- Vraja-vilasa-stava
See also
- Bhakti Yoga
- Hare Krishna (mantra)
- Nityananda
- Gaudiya Math
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Krishnology
References
- ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976), Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), (in Bengali), p 439
- ^ ISBN 81-7066-966-9, pp.244-50
- ISBN 0 947259 14 7.
External links
- Raghunatha dasa Goswami Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine (radhakunda.com)
- Raghunatha Das gosai - The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal