Lord chaitanya mahaprabhu biography

Life and Teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Kṛṣṇa-Caitanya, The Hidden Treasure go together with India: His Life and Sovereignty Teachings (originally in German Kṛṣṇa-Caitanya, Sein Leben und Seine Lehre) is the main work wheedle the Austrian scientist and governor of Gaudiya VaishnavismWalther Eidlitz (1892-1976).

The book consists of a handful of parts, the first part growth an introduction to a history of Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534). It is the first seamless on Chaitanya in German, decency first complete exposition of Chaitanya's life and teachings in swell European language, and so inaccessible (2022) remains the only university-commissioned translation of Chaitanya's biography.

Writing

The author himself believed that probity book was started as before long as he arrived in Bharat in 1938 and the huge work on it took 30 years.^[1]

In 1946 Sadananda writes prevent Vamandas (Walther Eidlitz): "I believe it is time for horrible to make a beautiful reservation about the Lord of adoration [Chaitanya] and visit the lila-bhumi [lila places] of the Nobleman.

But know that the fact there is much worse mystify the ideas we perceive take from books."^[2] After being released hit upon the camp Vamandas was minimum to leave India. He settles in Sweden, starts preaching bhakti on the radio, gives lectures, organizes summer bhakti courses, writes and publishes his first books on bhakti.^[3]

"He [Sadananda] wanted go up against stay in the background lecture let Vamandas meet the accepted.

Vamandas wrote books, gave lectures in Sweden, Germany and Svizzera and had summer courses pull off Sweden. Sadananda himself mainly focused on his translations and dictating them to his disciples cope with friends."^[4]

In 1961 Sadananda had less return to Europe for bad health reasons. After recovering from greatness operation he immediately begins let your hair down help Vamandas with the labour on a book about Chaitanya.

So, in 1962 he writes to one of his friends: "I dictated to Vamandas label the material needed for calligraphic book about Chaitanya. Now settle down has everything to finish nobleness book before Christmas."^[5]

Though the prime Vamandas’ book on bhakti "Love of God" (1955) ^[6] repressed Sadananda tremendously, making him compose several hundred pages of corrections to it,^[7] since it abounded in fundamental philosophical errors, "Krishna-Caitanya" was thoroughly rechecked by him and only stylistic moments gave rise to cause for complaint.^[8]

English translation

The English translation was made by a group slope Sadananda's students and their amigos, viz.

Mario Windish (Mandali Bhadra Das) - a former linguist of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's texts^[9] into German, Kid Samuelsson prosperous Bengt Lundborg - the translators of "Krishna-Caitanya" into Swedish,^[10] significant Katrin Stamm - an Indologist at the University of Flensburg and the manager of probity archive of Sadananda's work essential the spiritual works by Walther Eidlitz .

Here is what the translators themselves have join say about the new footpath of "Krishna-Caitanya":

“It is a revised edition of Vamandas’ book, which includes later corrections by high-mindedness author and some additional make and translations from the virgin sources, provided by his guardian, Svami Sadananda Dasa.

When awe came across passages, we go with needed clarification, we made annotations in square brackets or another a translators’ note."^[11]

Reviews

After decency release of the first defiance prof. Ernst Benz (1907-1978) spread the University of Marburg (Germany) wrote to Walther Eidlitz watch his book “Krishna-Caitanya”:

“I can single congratulate you sincerely that bolster have managed to combine nobleness results of your rich studies in India and your insights into the sources – focus are hardly or not deride all available in Europe – into such a well redundant overview.

Moreover, I consider put on view a very significant achievement, walk for the first time, style far as my modest provide for of the matter is attention, a realistic account of distinction historical personality of Chaitanya in your right mind presented. Especially in the Soldier history of ideas most many a time the great personalities are wholly covered by myths.

No inconsiderate rewarding is your successful gloss of the teachings of Chaitanya into a form that practical accessible to our German make conversation and concepts of philosophy remark religion.” [English translation] ^[12]

Prof. Jan Gonda (1905-1991), the famous Indologist from the University of City (Netherlands), named “Krishna-Caitanya” a “very valuable work”.

Prof. Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) the historian of belief, writer and philosopher from representation University of Chicago (USA), recommended to assist to publish class English translation of “Krishna-Caitanya”.^[13] Authority Swedish academic, humanist and logician Alf Ahlberg (1892-1979) wrote cut down his review about “Krishna-Caitanya”:

“Of course, only professional linguists crapper have a well-founded opinion jump the quality of translations, mushroom these translations have received loftiness highest praise from them, extremely the work itself has antediluvian described as one of rectitude most remarkable works on rank history of religions published cede our country in the remain twenty years.

The layman grammar -book has the definite impression renounce in these translations and jagged the other parts of nobleness book the scientist and rectitude poet have entered into great happy union… The author psychotherapy not an unknown man. Explicit has previously published a delivery of fascinating books, both recognize the value of his personal experiences in Bharat and about Hinduism in Scandinavian.

Unfortunately, they are all oversubscribed out, although they are razor-sharp high demand. But the disused now mentioned is his magnum opus. It is the conclusion of thirty years of enquiry, nine of which were drained in India, where Eidlitz unnatural from native teachers, associated throw close friendship with prominent representatives of the devotional tradition, appendix which Chaitanya belongs, and flat during his long stay tutor in our country was in frozen contact with them.”^[14] [English translation]

Not only Indologists but also subsequent followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism feelingly welcomed the book of Vamandas.

The famous guru and minister of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in high-mindedness West A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (1896-1977) spoke highly of Walther Eidlitz's book and called it authoritative:^[15]

“You know that I have got already one German God-brother [Sadananda], and he has influenced on the subject of German scholar, Vamana dasa [Walther Eidlitz], who has written a- very nice book on Ruler Chaitanya, in German.”^[16]

In his look at of the English edition tip Krishna-Chaitanya, a Gaudiya Vaishnavism supporter and student of A.C.

Bhaktivedanta Swami Steven J. Rosen (born 1955) writes:

“I remember reading, life-span ago, how the original European edition was used as neat text at universities throughout Aggregation, and I noticed that hold back was quoted in numerous books by eminent scholars from posse the world. Indeed, it was one of the first tolerate only books on Sri Chaitanya in a European language pressurize the time, making Mahaprabhu take His teachings available to ethics Western world in both learned language and through the tumbler of a believing Vaishnava… To such a degree accord, it should be clear avoid Prabhupada [Bhaktivedanta Svami] thought fully of both teacher and learner, Sadananda and Eidlitz, and difficult even specifically praised Eidlitz’s take pains on Sri Chaitanya.

As tidy disciple of Srila Prabhupada, Frenzied can think of no be on the up endorsement.”^[17]

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