A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

"""""""""""""""""""""""56 SWAMl S REPLY TO THE ADDRESSES.study was sadly neglected ;and until within the last ewyears scarcely any one could be found in Bengal to teachthe Mahabhashya of Patanjali. Once only a might)genius rose above the never-ending Avacchinnas andAvacchedakas Bhagavan Srikrishna Chaitanya. Foronce the religious lethargy of Bengal was shaken, and fora time she entered into a communion with the religiouslife of other parts of India.It is curious to note that though Sri Chaitanya obtained his Sanyas from a Bharati, and as such was aBharati himself, it was through Madhavendra Purithat his religious genius was first awakened.The"Puris seem to have had a peculiar mission inrousing the spirituality of Bengal. Bhagavan Sri Ram"Krishna got his Sanyasasrama from Tota Puri."The commentary that Sri Chaitanya wrote on theVyasa Sutras has either been lost or not found yet. Hisdisciples joined themselves to the Madhvas of theSouth. Arid gradually the mantles of such gaints as Rupaand Sanatana and Jiva Gosvamis fell on the shoulders ofBabajisand the great movement ofSri Chaitanya wasdecaying fast still of late ; years there is a sign of revival.I hope that it will regain its lost splendour.The influence of Sri Chaitanyais all over India.Wherever the Bhakti isMarga known, there he is appreciated, studied and worshipped. I have every reasonto believe that the whole of the Vallabhacharya recensionis only a branch of the sect founded by Sri Chaitanya.But most of his so-called disciples in Bengal do not knowhow his power is still working all over India, and how canthey ? The disciples have become Gadians while hewas preaching barefooted, walking from door to door inIndia beggingA-chandalasto love God.