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Creado por juancas del 10 de Abril del 2012
TODAY IS THE GLORIOUS DISAPPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA MADHVACARYA:
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"There are many lands, fields, mountains, and oceans throughout the creation, and everywhere the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the chanting of His different names.” Srila Madhvacarya [A.D. 1239-1319]
Madhvacharya took his birth in a brahmana (priestly) family at Udupi, a South Indian town on the Arabian Sea. There are some amazing stories surrounding Madhva’s early life. It is said that his father piled up many debts and that to pay them off, Madhva converted tamarind seeds into coins. It is also said that near Madhva’s house a demon named Maniman lived in the form of a snake. Madhva killed him with the big toe of his left foot. We are further told that whenever Madhva’s mother was feeling anxious, he would come before her in one jump—from wherever he happened to be playing.
Even as a young boy Madhva was renowned as a scholar. When he was only five he received spiritual initiation, and when he was twelve he accepted sannyasa,the most renounced order of spiritual life. At that tender age Madhva gave up all family ties to travel the length and breadth of India in quest of spiritual knowledge.
In the course of his travels Madhva visited Badarikashrama, a place of pilgrimage high in the Himalayas. There he met the great sage Srila Vyasadeva—Lord Krishna’s literary incarnation and the author of the Vedic literatures. By studying under Srila Vyasadeva, Madhva grew even greater in his scholarship.
After coming down from the Himalayas, Madhva at last returned to his birthplace, Udupi. Once, when he was sitting at the seashore and meditating on Lord Krishna, Madhva saw a huge merchant ship in danger and signaled the crew safely to shore. Since the boat’s owners wanted to reward him, Madhva agreed to accept a chunk of gopi-candana, clay from Krishna’s land of Vrindavana. As the crew members were bringing the big chunk before him, it broke apart and revealed a Deity form of Lord Krishna, with a stick in one hand and a lump of food in the other. At that moment Madhva composed a beautiful prayer to express his gratitude. Although the Deity was so heavy that not even thirty ordinary people could lift Him, Madhva carried Him back into town all alone. The people of Udupi still worship that Krishna Deity in the way Madhva established.
Madhva showed his overwhelming physical and spiritual strength on still other occasions. While he was walking on the road a band of thugs attacked him, but he killed them all. Another time a tiger attacked Madhva’s companion Satya Tirtha, but Madhva pulled the fierce animal off with his bare hands. People began to say his strength had no limit.
Madhvacharya’s learning and devotion to Krishna were famous throughout India. His life’s mission was to defeat the views of the impersonalist philosophers. They say that God’s form is simply illusion (maya), and thus they are called Mayavadis. “Even if God was a person in the beginning,” these people say, “He has distributed Himself throughout the creation and thus lost His individual identity.”
— con Archana Bahuguna y Ramanya Dasa.
APPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA MADHVACARYA:
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| SRILA MADHVACARYA |
"There are many lands, fields, mountains, and oceans throughout the creation, and everywhere the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the chanting of His different names.” Srila Madhvacarya
[A.D. 1239-1319]
Madhvacharya took his birth in a brahmana (priestly) family at Udupi, a South Indian town on the Arabian Sea. There are some amazing stories surrounding Madhva’s early life. It is said that his father piled up many debts and that to pay them off, Madhva converted tamarind seeds into coins. It is also said that near Madhva’s house a demon named Maniman lived in the form of a snake. Madhva killed him with the big toe of his left foot. We are further told that whenever Madhva’s mother was feeling anxious, he would come before her in one jump—from wherever he happened to be playing.
Even as a young boy Madhva was renowned as a scholar. When he was only five he received spiritual initiation, and when he was twelve he accepted sannyasa,the most renounced order of spiritual life. At that tender age Madhva gave up all family ties to travel the length and breadth of India in quest of spiritual knowledge.
In the course of his travels Madhva visited Badarikashrama, a place of pilgrimage high in the Himalayas. There he met the great sage Srila Vyasadeva—Lord Krishna’s literary incarnation and the author of the Vedic literatures. By studying under Srila Vyasadeva, Madhva grew even greater in his scholarship.
After coming down from the Himalayas, Madhva at last returned to his birthplace, Udupi. Once, when he was sitting at the seashore and meditating on Lord Krishna, Madhva saw a huge merchant ship in danger and signaled the crew safely to shore. Since the boat’s owners wanted to reward him, Madhva agreed to accept a chunk of gopi-candana, clay from Krishna’s land of Vrindavana. As the crew members were bringing the big chunk before him, it broke apart and revealed a Deity form of Lord Krishna, with a stick in one hand and a lump of food in the other. At that moment Madhva composed a beautiful prayer to express his gratitude. Although the Deity was so heavy that not even thirty ordinary people could lift Him, Madhva carried Him back into town all alone. The people of Udupi still worship that Krishna Deity in the way Madhva established.
Madhva showed his overwhelming physical and spiritual strength on still other occasions. While he was walking on the road a band of thugs attacked him, but he killed them all. Another time a tiger attacked Madhva’s companion Satya Tirtha, but Madhva pulled the fierce animal off with his bare hands. People began to say his strength had no limit.
Madhvacharya’s learning and devotion to Krishna were famous throughout India. His life’s mission was to defeat the views of the impersonalist philosophers. They say that God’s form is simply illusion (maya), and thus they are called Mayavadis. “Even if God was a person in the beginning,” these people say, “He has distributed Himself throughout the creation and thus lost His individual identity.”
— con Ramanya Dasa y Biplab Kanti Mitra.
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Videos on Vaishnava Acharyas by His Grace Chaturatma dasa
- Advaita Acarya, Lokanatha Goswami and Sita Thakurani - Video
- Baladeva Vidyabhusana - Video
- Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Video
- Devananda Pandit, Sivananda Sena, and Vakresvara Pandit - Video
- Gangamata Goswamini - Video
- Gopala Bhatta Goswami - Video - Part 1
- Gopala Bhatta Goswami - Video - Part 2
- Haridasa Thakura - Video
- Jayadeva Goswami - Video
- Jiva Goswami - Video
- Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami - Video
- Lochan Das Thakura - Video
- Madhavendra Puri and Isvara Puri - Video
- Madhvacarya - Video
- Narahari Cakravarti Thakura and Narahari Sarakara Thakura - Video
- Narahari Sarakara Thakura - Video
- Narottama Dasa Thakura - Video - Part 1
- Narottama Dasa Thakura - Video - Part 2
- Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Acarya - Video
- Nrsimhananda Brahmacari - Video
- Pundarika Vidyanidhi - Video
- Purusottama Dasa Thakura, Raghava Pandit, and Raghunandana Thakura - Video
- Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami - Video
- Raghunatha Dasa Goswami - Video
- Ramacandra Kaviraja - Video
- Ramananda Raya - Video
- Rasikananda Prabhu - Video
- Sanatana Goswami - Video - Part 1
- Sanatana Goswami - Video - Part 2
- Sanatana Goswami - Video - Part 3
- Sanatana Goswami - Video - Part 4
- Sanatana Goswami - Video - Part 5
- Sita Thakurani - Video
- Srinivasa Acarya and Madhavendra Puri - Video
- Srivasa Pandit - Video
- Svarupa Damodara Goswami - Video
- Syamananda Prabhu - Video
- Virabhadra Goswami - Video
- Vrindavana Dasa Thakura & Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami - Video
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