Author Info | - On the sacred and auspicious day of Maun? Am?vasy?, 1921, ?r? ?r?mad Bhaktived?nta N?r?ya?a Gosv?m? Mah?r?ja took his divine birth in a devout Vai??ava family in Tiv?r?pura, in the state of Bihar, India.
In February, 1946, he met his gurudeva, ?r? ?r?mad Bhakti Prajñ?na Ke?ava Gosv?m? Mah?r?ja, and his life of complete and exemplary dedication to Gau??ya Vai??avism, or the path of k???a-bhakti in the line of ?r? Caitanya Mah?prabhu, began to manifest.
He accompanied his gurudeva on his extensive preaching tours throughout India, actively assisting him in propagating the teachings of ?r? Caitanya Mah?prabhu for the eternal benefit of the living entities in this world. This included regularly hosting the thousands of pilgrims attending the yearly circumambulation of ?r? Navadv?pa-dh?ma, the appearance place of ?r? Caitanya Mah?prabhu, and ?r? V?nd?vana-dh?ma, the appearance place of ?r? K???a.
His gurudeva had instructed him to translate the writings of prominent Gau??ya Vai??avas into Hindi, a task he assiduously assumed throughout his entire life and which resulted in the publication of nearly fifty Hindi sacred texts. Later, most of these invaluable masterpieces were translated into English and other major languages of the world.
For many years, he traveled throughout India to spread the message of Gau??ya Vai??avism, and it was for this end, also, that in 1996, he journeyed abroad. During the next fourteen years, he circled the globe more than thirty times. Whether he was in India or abroad, his preaching always bore the distinctive characteristic of boldly unmasking any misconception obscuring the specific purposes of ?r? Caitanya Mah?prabhu’s advent, in strict adherence to the desire of ?r?la Bhaktisiddh?nta Sarasvat? ?h?kura Prabhup?da and in perfect congruence with the conceptions of ?r?la R?pa Gosv?m?, ?r? Caitanya Mah?prabhu’s foremost follower. Thus, in present times, in upholding the glorious tenets of the Gau??ya samprad?ya, he performed the function of a true ?c?rya.
At the age of ninety years, on December 29, 2010, he concluded his pastimes in this world at Cakrat?rtha, in ?r? Jagann?tha Pur?-dh?ma. The following day, in ?r? Navadv?pa-dh?ma, ?r? Gaurasundara’s fully empowered emissary, the very embodiment of His unique compassion, was given sam?dhi. He will never cease to reside in his divine instructions and in the hearts of those who are devoted to him.
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