Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
From left to right (click on feet to go to article): Advaita Acharya, Nityananda, Chaitanya, Gadadhara Pandita, Srivasa. The Pancha Tattva ( Sanskrit : पञ्चतत्त्व , romanized : pañca-tattva , from Sanskrit pañca meaning "five" and tattva "truth" or "reality"), in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism , are five ...
Nityananda (Bengali: নিত্যানন্দ, IAST: Nityānanda; c. 1474-c. 1540), also called Nityananda Prabhu and Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple.
A life size statue of Guru Nityananda at Bunt Bhavan, Mumbai, India. According to Bhagawan Nityananda's biographers, the identity of Nityananda's guru is a mystery. According to Healy, Nityananda did not have a guru. [6] In one of his talks, his student Swami Muktananda said that Nityananda’s Guru was an unknown Siddha from Kerala. [7]
Chaitanya's Navadwipa līla and each panca-tattva presented as a form of the Lord. Caitanya went for the first time to Murari's house at Navadwipa. Murari's standing and reputation for learning gave his biographical materials great weight in the Vaishnava community. This Kadcha (notes) became the guiding lines for other biographers.
The festival of Kheturi (approx 1574), [72] presided over by Jahnava Thakurani, the wife of Nityananda Rama, was the first time the leaders of the various branches of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's followers assembled together. Through such festivals, members of the loosely organized tradition became acquainted with other branches along with their ...
Brahma Chaitanya, also known as Gondavalekar Maharaj (1845–22 December 1913) Brahmanand Swami (1772–1832) Brahmananda Saraswati [8] (20 December 1868 – 20 May 1953) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [9] (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534) Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) Chandrashekhara Bharati III (1892–1954)
Krishna Dasa's Chaitanya Charitamrita covers Chaitanya's later years and also explains in detail the rasa philosophy that Chaitanya and his followers expounded. The Chaitanya Charitamrita also serves as a compendium of Gaudiya Vaishnava practices and outlines the Gaudiya theology developed by the Goswamis in metaphysics, ontology and aesthetics.
In the Rig Veda (R.V.IV.XL.5), Nrishad is the dweller amongst humans; Nrishad is explained as Chaitanya or 'Consciousness' or Prana or 'vitality' because both dwell in humans. [ 5 ] In his commentary on the Isha Upanishad , [ 6 ] [ page needed ] Sri Aurobindo explains that the Atman , the Self manifests through a seven-fold movement of Prakrti .