Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami
Disappearance Day of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami · Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
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What is the Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami?
Gaudiya Vaishnavas keep Tuesday, 12 October 2027 as the day Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami entered the Lord's eternal pastimes. On the same date they also mark the disappearance of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, who wrote Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, and of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami.
Significance
After the disappearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami came to Vrindavana, and Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis received him with affection. He spent about forty years in bhajana at Radha-kunda. Among his books is the Stavavali, which includes the Manah-siksa and the Vilapa-kusumanjali, and in these prayers he asks for the service of Srimati Radharani.
He showed that this service is the goal of life and its highest perfection, and for this devotees honour him as the prayojana acarya. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu once gave him a Govardhana stone and a garland of conchshells, and the Caitanya-caritamrta records what he understood from these gifts:
By offering me the govardhana-śilā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has offered me a place near Govardhana Hill, and by offering me the garland of conchshells, He has offered me shelter at the lotus feet of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 6.307
How to observe it
Devotees hear or sing his prayers, especially the Manah-siksa, and remember his samadhi at Radha-kunda. Offer him your chanting of the holy names, and pray that a little of his longing for the lotus feet of Srimati Radharani may enter your own heart.
Questions
When is Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami's disappearance day in 2027?
It falls on Tuesday, 12 October 2027, a date shared with the disappearance days of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami and Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
Why is Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami called the prayojana acarya?
He is called the prayojana acarya because he taught that serving Srimati Radharani in Vrindavana is the highest spiritual perfection. Prayojana is the Sanskrit word for the goal of life, and he is the acarya who reveals it.
What books did Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami write?
He wrote the Stavavali, which includes Manah-siksa and Vilapa-kusumanjali, as well as the Dana-carita and the Mukta-carita.
Where is the samadhi of Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami?
His samadhi is at Radha-kunda in Vrindavana, near the place where he performed bhajana for about forty years.
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Key facts
- Date
- Tuesday, 12 October 2027
- Also on this day
- Disappearance Day of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami · Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
- Known as
- Prayojana acarya
- Place of bhajana
- Radha-kunda
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