Advaita Acharya (b 1434 CE), is famous as a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint, and as being one of the close companions of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was born in Bengal in 1434, some fifty years before Sri Caitanya. He spent most of his adult life in the town of Shantipur, with his wife and family, and became the well-respected leader of the brahmana community there. At Shantipur, he taught the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, and promoted the path of bhakti-yoga, loving service to Sri Krishna. An acharya is a prominent guru, teacher and scholar who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit achara, behavior). ... Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. ... Deities of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (right) and Sri Nityananda (left) at Radha-Krishna temple in Radhadesh, Belgium Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Chaitanya) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal, India (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh). ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Events May 30, Battle of Lipany in the Hussite Wars Jan van Eyck paints the wedding of Giovanni Arnoflini The Honorable Passing of Arms at the bridge of Obrigo The Portuguese reach Cape Bojador in Western Sahara. ... The Brahmana (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण) are part of the Hindu Shruti; They are composed in Vedic Sanskrit, and the period of their composition is sometimes referred to as the Brahmanic period or age (approximately between 900 BC and 500 BC). ... The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit: भागवद् गीता - Bhāgavad Gītā) is revered as a sacred text of Hindu philosophy. ... The Bhagavata Purana (sometimes rendered as Bhagavatha Purana), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, written c. ... Bhakti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST ) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ...

Life Story

It is described that as time went by, Advaita Acarya became increasingly saddened with the growing tendency for people to abandon their spiritual practices, for materialistic goals – the pursuit of wealth and the medieval equivalents of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He saw clearly that this would lead to a disfunctional society of unhappy individuals, and after due thought, concluded that the only solution was to beg the Supreme Lord, Krishna to come Himself and attract people back to the joyfulness of spiritual life. See: Spirituality Spiritual music Spiritual dance The Age of Spiritual Machines Spiritual possession This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This article addresses materialism in the economic sense of the word. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST ) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ...

Advaita Acharya prayed fervently to the Lord for several months – it is said that he cried out very loudly and worshipped the Lord with sacred Tulasi leaves and Ganges water. At the end of thirteen months, at an eclipse of the full moon, the Acarya’s prayers were answered: Caitanya Mahaprabhu advented in the district of Mayapur, as the son of Mother Sachi. The tulsi plant or Indian basil (ocimum sanctum) is an important symbol in the Hindu religious tradition. ... Early morning on the Ganges The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) (Devanagiri गंगा) is a major river in northern India. ... The Galileo spacecraft took this composite image on 7 December 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. ... Mayapur near Navadvip, West Bengal, India, 130 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta), is one of the most holy places in India, visited by over a million pilgrims annually. ...

Many of Advaita Acarya’s activities are described in scriptures such as Sri Caitanya Caritamrta and Sri Caitanya Bhagavata. He is known to have been a close friend of both Caitanya and Nityananda in their mission of spreading the Hare Krishna mantra. On his feast day, Gaudiya Vaisnavas enjoy reading and discussing these pastimes, and remember Advaita Acarya with gratitude, for taking such compassion on the people of this current age, known as Kali Yuga. Deities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (right) and Sri Nityananda (left) at Radha-Krishna temple in Radhadesh, Belgium Caitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Chaitanya) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal, India (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hare Krishna Mantra in Devanagari. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ...

Divinity

According to many of followers Gaudiya-Vaishnava tradition, Advaita Acharya is a combined incarnation of both Maha-Vishnu and Lord Shiva, sometimes referred to as Harihara. For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ... Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव or श्रीशिव (when used to distinguish lordly status), and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration, pronounced as shιvə) is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. ... Harihara is a term used to denote the unity of Vishnu and Shiva as one and the same with Hari being the name of Vishnu and Hara that of Shiva. ...

See also

• Caitanya Mahaprabhu
• Nityananda
• Hare Krishna

Deities of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (right) and Sri Nityananda (left) at Radha-Krishna temple in Radhadesh, Belgium Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Chaitanya) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal, India (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hare Krishna Mantra in Devanagari. ...

External links

• Advaita Acharya - Detailed Life Story