Prabhu Jagadbandhu
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Sri Sri Prabhu Jagadbandhu Sundar | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 28 April 1871 |
| Died | 17 September 1921 (aged 50) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Founder of | Mahanam Sampradaya |
| Philosophy | Bhakti yoga |
| Religious career | |
| Literary works | Sangkirtan Padamrta and other kirtan songs |
Prabhu Jagadbandhu was an Indian religious leader from Bengal.[1] He spent much of his life meditating and preaching at the Sri Angan ashram in modern India and Bangladesh. His teachings inspired the founding of a Hindu revival movement in the last decade of the 19th century[2] and, later, the Mahanam Sampradaya, a monastic organisation. His devotees equate him with both Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu[2] (himself regarded as Krishna incarnate).
Life and teachings
[edit]Prabhu Jagadbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India, to the family of a Sanskrit scholar.[1] His birthday, on Sita Navami, is celebrated as Bandhu Navami. He was devout and always sung kirtans to Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
He stressed the importance of God as a means of remembering and drawing close to the divine.[clarification needed] He urged his followers to follow a life of avoiding temptation.[3]
Prabhu Jagadbandu summarised his teachings:[4]
Show kindness and compassion and do well to all creatures. Make a free gift of religion to all. Initiation in the hallowed name of Hari is the sure means of attaining salvation (i.e; deliverance from all agonies and sufferings). This is the secret of salvation. This is the secret of eternal good done to others.
— Prabhu Jagadbandu
Prabhu Jagadbandu composed eight books on the worship of God through kirtan: Shrimatisangkirtan, Shrimansangkirtan, Bibidhasabgit (the first three were printed together under the title of Sangkirtan Padamrta), Shrisangkirtan, Padavali, Shrishriharikatha, Chandrapat, Trikal, and Uddharana.[1]
Prabhu Jagatbandhu College in Howrah, West Bengal, India, is named after him.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mandal 2012.
- ^ a b Carney, Gerald T. (2020). "Baba Premananda Bharati: his trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West". In Ferdinando Sardella; Lucian Wong (eds.). The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal. Routledge Hindu Studies Series. Milton, Oxon; New York: Routledge. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1-138-56179-3.
- ^ "Divine Life of Lord Jagat Bandhusundar - The Saviour". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020.
- ^ Collection by, Brahmachari Parimalbadhu Das. Bandhu Ved Bani [Veda quotes of Bandhu]. Kolkata, India: Sri Mahanambrata Cultural and Welfare Trust. p. 1.
External links
[edit]- Mandal, Paresh Chandra (2012). "Jagadbandhu". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Jagadbandhu in Bengali
- Bengali Hindu saints
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- Founders of new religious movements
- Gaudiya religious leaders
- 19th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians
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- Indian Vaishnavites
- Kirtan performers
- People considered avatars by their followers
- Vaishnava saints
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- 1871 births
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- 20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians