Prabhu Jagadbandhu

Prabhu Jagadbandhu was a religious leader of Bengal.[1] He spent much of his life meditating and preaching in the Sri Angan ashram in Faridpur, British India (present day Bangladesh). His teachings inspired the founding of a revival movement within Bengal Vaishnavism in the last decade of the 19th century[2] and later the Mahanam Sampraday denomination. His devotees believe that he is Lord Sri Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.[2]

Prabhu Jagadbandhu
TitleSri Sri Prabhu Jagadbandhu Sundar
Personal
Born(1871-04-28)28 April 1871
Dahapara, Murshidabad or Gobindapur, Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died17 September 1921(1921-09-17) (aged 50)
Sri Angan, Faridpur District, British India
ReligionHinduism
Founder ofMahanam Sampraday
PhilosophyBhakti yoga
Religious career
Literary worksSangkirtan Padamrta and other kirtan songs
HonorsDev, Sant

Life and teachings

Prabhu Jagatbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in Dahapara, Murshidabad or Gobindapur, Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India to family of a Sanskrit scholar.[1] His birthday on the auspicious day of Sita Navami is celebrated as Bandhu Navami. He was devout and would always sing the kirtans of Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

He stressed the importance of God as means of remembering and drawing close to the divine. He urged the followers to follow the life of avoiding temptation.[3]

His teachings were mainly based on-

1.Harinam

2.Brahmacarya

Once Prabhu Jagadbandu said[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 Uddharan.[1]

See also

References
  1. Mandal 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. "Divine Life of Lord Jagat Bandhusundar - The Saviour". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020.
  4. Collection by, Brahmachari Parimalbadhu Das. Bandhu Ved Bani [Veda quotes of Bandhu]. Kolkata, India: Sri Mahanambrata Cultural and Welfare Trust. p. 1.
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