Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana’s Birth and Early Years

Sanatana Goswami (1488-1558 CE) was one of the principle followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1456-1533 CE) and the author of a number of works in the Bhakti tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana’s Birth and Early Years. Sanatana, or Amara as he was named at birth, was born in Jessore in East Bengal (present day Bangladesh) in 1488 as the son of Mukunda, the private secretary of the Sultan of Bengal, Jalaluddin Fateh Shah (ruled 1481-1487 CE). Sanatana was the eldest son of Mukunda a ...

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• Sanatana Goswami - First meeting With Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Meets Chaitanya in Benares
• Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana in Vrindavana
• Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Goswami’s Literary Works
• Sanatana Goswami - Bibliography

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Sanatana, or Amara as he was named at birth, was born in Jessore in East Bengal (present day Bangladesh) in 1488 as the son of Mukunda, the private secretary of the Sultan of Bengal, Jalaluddin Fateh Shah (ruled 1481-1487 CE). Sanatana was the eldest son of Mukunda and his younger brothers were Santosha (Rupa Goswami) and Srivallabha (Anupama). Sanatana and his brothers studied Nyaya (rhetortic) and Vedanta from the famous logician Vasudeva Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. They also studied under the brother of Sarvabhauma, Madhusuda ...

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Sanatana and Rupa received land from the government for their personal use in Fatehbad where they built a huge palace. They also built several beautiful mansions at Ramakeli. It was at Ramakeli in 1510 that Sanatana and his two brothers met Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for the first time. After meeting them, Chaitanya gave them the names Rupa, Sanatana and Anupama. Due to this meeting, the brothers decided to renounce the world and join Chaitanya and his entourage. Rupa resigned from his post, but Sanatana’s resignation was refused by the Sultan. ...

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Sanatana Goswami wrote four important books in Sanskrit on Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. Brihat-bhagavtamrita (Skt. Great nectar of the Lord’s devotees) This work of 2,500 verses is divided into two parts. The first section explains the ontological hierarchy of the devotees of Krishna. The second section deals with the souls journey to the eternal realm of Krishna. Both sections are narrated as stories and are imbued with many esoteric aspects of Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. Sanatana also wrote his own commentary to this book. ...

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Sanatana Goswami returned to Vrindavana where he enagaged himself in searching out the various holy spots there. He also established the worship of the Deity of Madana-mohana. Soon after discovering the Deity, a rich officer in the Moghul army named Krishna Dasa Kapura built a temple for Madana-mohan and this later became one of the seven principle temples of Vrindavana. Sanatana Goswami passed away in the year 1558 CE. His samadhi (tomb) ...

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Sanatana made his way to Vrindavana via Benares, but discovered that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had already left Vrindavana and was actually residing in Benares at present. After meeting with Sanatana, Chaitanya imparted instructions to him pertaining to sambandha-jnana (knowledge of the self and ones relationship with God). Through his teachings to Sanatana, Chaitanya taught that the constitutaional identity of each soul is to be an eternal servant of God. Chaitanya also explained his teachings to Sanatana by summarizing them in three categories ...

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