MuralidharDas 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2003 Today is the appearance day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami, the president and acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, and the authorized successor of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj was born as the son of Sri Nitaipada Dasadhikari, of Bamanpara village in the land of Gauramandala bhumi, about a one hour drive from Nabadwip Dham. His father was a Guru in the so called "Nityanananda Parivar", the lineage coming from Sri Nityanananda Prabhu. The family name "Dasadhikari" was given by Nityananda Prabhu himself. Sri Nitaipada Dasadhikari gave his son Gaurendu (Srila Govinda Maharaj) diksa according to the family tradition when Srila Govinda Maharaj was 14. His father died shortly after that. As the eldest son, Srila Govinda Maharaj was the successor-guru in this line. But at the age of 17 he became a disciple of Srila Sridhar Maharaj. From that time, for all the disciples in the lineage of his father, he directed them to take shelter of Srila Sridhar Maharaj and to follow the teachings of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami and Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur. From 1948 - 1953, the preaching centre of Srila Sridhar Maharaj in Calcutta was in the upstairs part of the house of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhu (later, Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada), and in those years Srila Govinda Maharaj was living with Srila Prabhupada and assisting Abhay Charan Babu in his preaching. Srila Govinda Maharaj was the first distributor of "Back to Godhead Magazine" in Calcutta. In honour of Srila Gurudev's birthday a new temple has been built at Bamanpara by his disciples. The original deities of Radha-Gopinathajiu installed at the time of Nityananda Prabhu will now be installed in this new temple. Original Compositions by Srila Govinda Maharaj: Sri Nitai Chaitanyadeva Aroti Sri Giriraj Govardhana Aroti Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuralidharDas 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2003 As an offering to Srila Govinda Maharaj on his appearance day, I have written a small booklet which I sent to him. Along with many offerings from devotees all around the world, printed copies my small booklet were presented to His Divine Grace a few days ago. The book is entitled "Spiritual Successors of the Six Goswamis". I have created a .pdf copy for anyone interested in reading this book, which gives a detailed description of Guru Parampara, as explained by Srila Sridhar Maharaj. For anyone interested, you can get it by clicking this link: http://www.mandala.com.au/books/SixGoswamis.pdf 63 pages, a 408kb download. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
