The Story of Ramadasa Vipra

When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at southern Mathura (Madhurai), He met a brahmana. The brahmana who met Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu invited the Lord to his home. This brahmana was a great devotee and an authority on Lord Sri Ramachandra. He was always detached from material activities. After bathing in the river Kritamala, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu went to the brahmana’s house to take lunch, but He saw that the food was unprepared Seeing this, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, “My ...Read More

The Story of Haridasa Thakur and Ramachandra Khan

A landholder named Ramachandra Khan was the zamindar of that district. He was envious of Vaisnavas and was therefore a great atheist. Unable to tolerate that such respect was being offered to Haridasa Thakura, Ramachandra Khan planned in various ways to dishonor him. Here is a nice story from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita. After leaving his home, Haridasa Thakura stayed for some time in the forest of Benapola. Haridasa Thakura constructed a cottage in a solitary forest. There he planted a ...Read More

Lord Chaitanya Defeats the Buddhists

Having made their plot, the Buddhists brought a plate of untouchable food before Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and called it maha-prasada. When the contaminated food was offered to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a very large bird appeared on the spot, picked up the plate in its beak and flew away. Indeed, the untouchable food fell upon the Buddhists, and the large bird dropped the plate on the head of the chief Buddhist Here is an interesting pastime of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taken ...Read More

The story of the chastisement of Bisakisen by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

While Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur was living in Puri, he was given the task of quelling the disturbance caused by a mystic yogi who claimed to be an incarnation of Maha-Vishnu. This yogi was called by the name Bisakisen and he established a temple in the jungle near the village of Shardaipur. He exhibited many mystic powers and numerous people came to serve him. One of the previous Acharyas in the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya by name Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, was the ...Read More