Prabhu Jagadbandhu

Sri Sri
Prabhu Jagadbandhu
Sundar
Personal
Born(1871-04-28)28 April 1871
Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India)
Died17 September 1921(1921-09-17) (aged 50)
Sri Angan, Faridpur, British India
ReligionHinduism
Organization
Founder ofMahanam Sampradaya
PhilosophyBhakti yoga
Religious career
Literary worksSangkirtan 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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Mandal 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.