Biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- He was born on February 18, 1486.
- His father's name was Jagannath Mishra and mother's name was Shachi Devi.
- Chaitanya Prabhu awakened a new consciousness in Bengal and Orissa with his reformist movement.
- From the beginning of life, he introduced the literary talent of high-quality.
- At the age of twenty-four years, he renounced the world and become a saint.
- He spent the rest of his life spreading the message of devotion and love.
- He considered Krishna to be his ancestral god.
Chaitanya Prabhu
- Like the early Sufis, he used the music circles for pairing and kirtan for spiritual perception, in which (in kirtan) taking the name of the world does not care about the external world.
- He remained Vrindavan for a long time but most of his time spent almost all the tours of India and in the promotion of devotion.
- Their effect was extensive. In his kirtan, both Hindus and Muslims used to go.
- They were also from low caste people.
- Chaitanya did not oppose Vedic religious texts and idol worship but they can not be called traditionalists because Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not consider caste system and caste system.
- They were not communal, in their thoughts saguna bhakti's voice was prominent.
The Teachings OF Chaitanya Prabhu
The summary of the teachings of Chaitanya is that in the excuse, "If anybody worships Krishna and serves the guru, then he becomes free from Maya's trap and becomes integrated with God". Mahaprabhu condemned Brahminism and rituals. Their main objective was to remove the social inequality and elevate the backward class. They wanted to create a harmonious atmosphere among Hindus and Muslims. He was a humanist and he was very sad at the plight of the dalit class.
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