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Page 91
... mahanta's critics in Tarakeswar that a sannyăsi cannot be a mahanta . A true sannyāsi must be a renunciate . He has no family , no possessions , no worldly attach- ments . He is to practise ' complete renunciation of mundane affairs ...
... mahanta's critics in Tarakeswar that a sannyăsi cannot be a mahanta . A true sannyāsi must be a renunciate . He has no family , no possessions , no worldly attach- ments . He is to practise ' complete renunciation of mundane affairs ...
Page 93
... mahanta . This could be the beginning of a wave which will sweep the present mahanta in the direction of his recent predecessors . Although the irreligious activities of the mahantas have been documented , one factor which illuminates ...
... mahanta . This could be the beginning of a wave which will sweep the present mahanta in the direction of his recent predecessors . Although the irreligious activities of the mahantas have been documented , one factor which illuminates ...
Page 110
... mahanta . The previous association had been established and controlled by the mahanta and was there- fore an unsuitable vehicle for acting against the mahanta himself . The need to do so had arisen because the mahanta had been ap ...
... mahanta . The previous association had been established and controlled by the mahanta and was there- fore an unsuitable vehicle for acting against the mahanta himself . The need to do so had arisen because the mahanta had been ap ...
Contents
The Gauramandala conceived as lotus 2 VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 1 |
a Goswamy and his CaitanyaViṣṇupriya shrine | 2 |
GauraNitãi Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic ākhāḍās ascetics aspects Āśrama association avatāra Bābā Bakreswar Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bharamalla bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharnă dharnā-jātris District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Gosvāmin Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīṭhas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit Rādhā religious ritual river sacred places sacrifice sadhus Śākta Sākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine siddhis Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī Kṛṣṇa symbolic Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tāraknatha Tarapith temple tion tirtha town Vaiṣṇava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited vows Vṛndāvana West Bengal worship