This article is being presented in honor of the divine appearance day of the original pioneer of the Krishna consciousness movement, His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktivinoda Thakur, September 18, 2021.
namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda-namine
gaura-shakti-svarupaya rupanuga-varaya te
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is a strict follower of the Gosvamis, headed by Srila Rupa.
Bhaktivinoda Thakur wrote:
“Alas! When will that day come when all greatly fortunate souls in countries such as England, France, Russia, Prussia and America will take up banners, kettle drums, mrdangas and karatalas and thus cause the ecstatic waves of Hari Nama Kirtan and the singing of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s holy name to rise in the streets of their towns and cities? O when will that day come, when pure and transcendental Krishna prema (love of God) will be the only religion of all souls and all tiny sectarian religions will meet in the unlimited and universal religion of devotional service to Krishna, as rivers merge into the great ocean? O when will that day come?”
ساجانا طوساني
This was the heart’s desire of the Thakur, the spreading of the chant of the Holy Names and pure Krishna prema all over the world in fulfillment of Lord Caitanya’s prophecy:
pṛthivite ache yata nagaradi grama
sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama“In every town and village, the chanting of My name will be heard.”
As an empowered Vaishnava acharya, his life was full of deep sadhana and bhajana, preaching activities through various programs, writing of devotional books, songs and poetry, and teaching actively to the public, all while maintaining a household and working as a Government Magistrate. His life is a perfect example of a householder fully infused with devotional service.
Amongst his innumerable accomplishments was the discovery of the janmasthan (birthplace) of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Nabadvipa and the building of a magnificent temple at this Yogapitha. His vision of preaching worldwide inspired him to write, Caitanya Mahaprabhu – His Life and Precepts, copies of which he personally sent to several Institutions throughout the world.
Because of Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s being the pioneer of the Krishna consciousness movement and the force behind its progression into the modern world, Srila Prabhupada took it as his great service to him to build the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Sridhama Mayapur as the fulfillment of the Thakura’s vision. So important was this to Srila Prabhupada that he said to Giriraja Swami, “If you all build this temple, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura will personally come and take you all back to Godhead.”
On this most auspicious occasion we request devotees to consider intensifying their dedication and desire to see the completion of the TOVP for the divine pleasure of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and Srila Prabhupada. In particular, the opportunity to sponsor an abhisheka for the historic حفل ترحيب كبير of Srila Prabhupada’s new murti to the TOVP on October 14 and 15 is being offered.
To read more about the life and accomplishments of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur click the link below to an article by His Grace Sri Nandanandana Das (ACBSP).
https://www.stephen-knapp.com/srila_bhaktivinoda_thakura.htm
أخبار وتحديثات موقع TOVP - ابق على اتصال
زيارة: www.tovp.org
الدعم: https://tovp.org/donate/
بريد إلكتروني: tovpinfo@gmail.com
يتبع: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
راقب: www.youtube.com/c/TOVPinfoTube
عرض بزاوية 360 درجة: www.tovp360.org
تويتر: https://twitter.com/TOVP2022
برقية: https://t.me/TOVP_GRAM
ال WhatsApp: https://m.tovp.org/whatsapp6
انستغرام: https://m.tovp.org/tovpinstagram
برنامج: https://m.tovp.org/app
الأخبار والنصوص: https://m.tovp.org/newstexts
موجز أخبار RSS: https://tovp.org/rss2/
متجر: https://tovp.org/tovp-gift-store/
Arabic 
English 
Bengali 
Chinese 
French 
German 
Hindi 
Italian 
Portuguese 
Russian 
Spanish