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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 12.60

Advaita Ācārya’s Fifteenth Through Eighteenth Branches

“Jagannātha Kara, Bhavanātha Kara, Hṛdayānanda Sena and Bholānātha dāsa were the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth branches of Advaita Ācārya.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 12.60, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Jagannātha Kara and Bhavanātha Kara were the fifteenth and sixteenth branches of Advaita Ācārya.
  • Hṛdayānanda Sena was the seventeenth branch.
  • Bholānātha dāsa was the eighteenth branch of Advaita Ācārya.

Try this today

Copy these four names today under the heading “Branches of Advaita Ācārya.”

Ask yourself

How does reading each name slowly help me notice the individuals listed here?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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