Bhakti_Prajnana_Keshava

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava

Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, founder of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti (1898–1968)

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (IAST: Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (Mahārāja),[1] 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,[1][2] and its headquarters, monastery Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math in Nabadwip.

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

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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.[3][4]

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  1. [1]
    Brzezinski 2004, p. 89.
  2. [2]
    Sherbow 2004, p. 131.
  3. [3]
    Anil Sooklal, A socio-religious study of the Hare Krishna movement in South Africa, p.28, 1986.
  4. [4]
    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." Goswami, Satsvarupa Dasa (2002), Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), p. 1191, ISBN 0-89213-357-0

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