Bijoy Krishna Goswami
Śrī Bijoy Krishna Goswami | |
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| Born | Bijoy Krishna Goswami 2 August 1841 santipur village, Nadia district, British India |
| Died | 4 June 1899 (aged 57) Puri, British India |
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| Known for | Expounded Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Bhakti yoga |
| Other names | Jatia Baba, Achyutananda Paramahamsa, Gosaiji |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Bhakti yoga, Achintya Bheda Abheda |
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| Guru | Brahmananda Paramahamsa (mantra guru) |
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Bijoy Krishna Goswami (IAST: Vijaya-kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī; 2 August 1841 – 4 June 1899), also known by the honorific Gosaiji, was a Hindu social reformer and religious figure in India during the British period.
Brahmo Samaj was started at Calcutta on 20 August 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore as a reformation of the prevailing tradition of the times (specifically Kulin practices). From the Brahmo Samaj springs Brahmoism, one of the legally recognised religions in India and Bangladesh, reflecting its foundation on reformed spiritual Hinduism with elements of Judeo-Islamic faith and practice. Gosaiji's disillusionment from Brahmo Samaj led him to study the Chaitanya Charitamrita, a biography detailing the life and teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534), a Vaisnava saint and founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya.
Bijoy Krishna Goswami belonged to the "Advaita parivar" (family), as the 10th-generation descendant of Advaita Acharya, personal teacher and associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.