Sastra Caksusa

seeing through the eyes of scriptures

Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji ~ Disappearance

PAMHO AGTSP
gauravirbhava bhumes twam nirdesta sajjana priyah vaisnava sarvabhauma sri jagannathaya te namah
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja, who is respected by the entire Vaisnava community and who discovered the place where Lord Caitanya appeared.”
Bhaktivinoda Thakura had a vision of Lord Caitanyas birthplace, and brought Jagannatha das Babaji with him , he was being carried in a basket as he was over 100 years old (he left this world at the age of 140) ,when they came to Lord Caitanyas birthplace he leaped out of the basket and started to dance in ecstacy despite his old age
Living in a tent at Sri Navadvipa with his servant Bihari Lal, Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja would eat prasadam from a large brass plate. Some puppies which had taken birth nearby began to come and eat off Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja's plate, but he did not object. Bihari Lal was disgusted to see dogs eat from his guru’s plate, and he drove them away. Jagannatha dasa Babaji chastised Bihari Lal angrily saying, "If the dogs can't eat, I won't eat!" His servant had to search out and bring back the puppies, and as they joined Babaji Maharaja again over his plate he exclaimed, "All glories to the 'dhama' dogs!" Thus he always displayed his great respect for all the residents of the holy 'dhamas'.
He stated unless one chants 2 lahks holy names one can not become  KC , and then said at least one should chant one lahk daily as ordered by Lord Caitanya.
from Prema Vilasa:
prabhura achaye sankhya tina laksha nama; eka laksha bhaktagane kaila kripa dana.
"Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu standard was to chant 3,00,000 names everyday. But He very mercifully awarded His devotees the process of chanting a minimum of 1,00,000 names of Krishna daily.
shri rupa kaila laksha granthera varnana; tathapiha karila laksha nama grahana.
"Shrila Rupa Goswami has explained and quoted from over 100,000 different scriptures. Even though he was such a great scholar and devotee he himself chanted 100,000 Holy Names daily.
dasa gosvamira ache laksha pramana; ei mata sarva bhakta kare harinama.
"Shrila Raghunatha dasa Goswami also rigidly followed the instructions of Lord Gauranga by chanting 100,000 names daily. In this way all the devotees chanted the Holy Names of the Lord daily without exception.
gauranga shrimukhe rupe kahila vaishnave; laksha nama sankhya kari avasya karibe.
"Lord Gauranga gave the following instructions to all the Vaishnavas Himself and also through Shrila Rupa Goswami: Please compulsorily chant 100,000 names of Krishna daily
your  humble servant Paramananda das

Views: 86

Comment

You need to be a member of Sastra Caksusa to add comments!

Join Sastra Caksusa

© 2024   Created by Paramananda das.   Powered by

Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service