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GAUDIYA VAISHNAVISM AROUND RADHA-KUNDA
by our WVA correspondent in Radha-kund |
It
is quite noticeable over the last 10 years that many
more Gaudiya Vaishnavas influenced by the line of Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur are living around Radha-kunda
and Govardhan. In Govinda-kunda a whole sannyasi community
has settled around Madhusudhan das Babaji Maharaja. Most
of them, like Bhakti Sarvasya Govinda Maharaja, are disciples
of Srila Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaja. Also Mahanidhi Swami,
a highly respected author of many Vaishnava books has bought
a piece of land next to the Radha-kunda. The International
Society for Krishna Consciousness acquired a wonderful
Radha-Krishna temple on the entrance of the Sangham of
Radha-kunda and Shyama-kunda. Opposite to that temple,
on the corner of the Jahnava baithak, Bhakti Swarup Damodar
Goswami received as a donation the wonderful Gopal Mandir
from the Royal Family of Manipur. The Malahari kunja, where
Sri Krishna planted pearls, is now under the protection
of the Gopinath Gaudiya Math. And there are so many other
devotees establishing themselves in this area and in Gour-dham
colony, which is a Sadhu-colony.
Nitai Das Adhikari, a famous psychologist from Sweden,
who has his own University training up people to help those
who are suffering from some addiction, and who also runs
a clinic for the same purpose on an Island in North of
Sweden, became attached to Lord Chaitanya and Radha-kunda,
as he was hearing from Sadananda Swami the first western
disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, and
Vaman Das (Walter Eidlitz), the Austrian author of Unknown
India, who had settled in Sweden after the second world
war.
Nitai Das just purchased a piece of land on the entrance of the Radha-kunda area
and is constructing there 12 bhajan kutirs for Sadhus who like to stay there
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Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha has a great job to accomplish,
here in Radha-kunda on such a small place there are representatives
of all the different branches of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
Some of them having been antagonistic towards each other
for many years. Gradually it seems that by the grace
of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu many of these difficulties
are becoming transcended. And as time progresses we pray
that by the power of the holy name and the practical
application of the real meaning of trnad api sunicena
taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniya sada harih more
mercy will manifest for the Gaudiya Sampradaya and unity
in diversity will be strengthened as the real sweet will
of the Supreme Lord and all the pure devotees who have
appeared in this family will manifest. |
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