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Another side of Bhaktivinoda Thakur 14: Ananga Manjari Samputika by Ramai Thakur

Anaṅga-mañjarī-sampuṭikā  by Ramai Thakur In the last chapter, Ramai Thakur's life story was told by his nephew-disciple Rajaballabha Goswami. In this chapter, Ramai will tell about his Gurudevi Ananga Marjari’s various tattva and rati lila with Shyamasundar. Now, because a sure way to know about Ramai, Jahnava, and Ananga Manjari is to hear from someone closely related to them, Muralī-vilāsa and Anaṅga-mañjarī-sampuṭikā are certainly authentic shastras. A samputika is a treasure chest, as this book is full of the unique treasures of Jahnava Mata's tattvas. We may also note that Bhaktivinoda Thakur made a hand written copy of the Sampuṭikā ’s original manuscript, that Sundarananda Vidyavinoda later made into a book and published, and is the version we are using. Since Bhaktivinoda took the trouble to hand copy this invaluable text, Vaishnavas can now read it. It will, however, be most appreciated by his close followers. The First Wave : Analyzing the Śakti Ramai ...

Another Side of Bhaktivinoda 11: Guru-pūjā to Yajneshwar Goswami and his Guru Mata Srimati Ramamani Goswamini

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Baghnapada temple. See video . Previous posts in this series. 1: Guru Nishtha 2: Raganuga Sadhana following Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Manjari Parampara 3: Svarasiki Bhajan 4: Attaining Siddhi 5: Learning about Siddha Krishnadas Baba's Gutika 6: The Gutika's Contents 7: Bhaktivinoda’s nistha to the Vamsivadana Guru Parampara 8: The Author’s svārasikī sthiti 9: Following Thakur Bhaktivinoda’s Guru Parampara in Golok Nabadwip 10: Entering Sri Nityananda’s abode and Bipin Bihari Goswami’s puja There are three important books that imbibe this paramparā ’s essential teachings: Śrī-Vaṁśī-śikṣā by Premadas Misra Anaṅga-mañjarī-sampuṭikā by Sri Ramai Thakur Śrī-Muralī-vilāsa by Sri Rajaballabh Goswami 1. Vaṁśī-śikṣā by Premadas Misra contains the Rasaraj doctrine that Mahaprabhu taught to his priya-pārṣada Vamsivadana. In this regard it can be said that just as Prabhu gave various kinds of śikṣā to his various leading sampradāya ācāryas, such...