Srila Guarakisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja
Spiritual Master of
His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Guarakisora Dasa Babaji appeared in the 1830's. He left his household life after his wife's death and moved to Vrndavana, where he stayed for more than thirty years. In Vrindavana he used to wander through the forests and chant 2,000,000 names of Krishna every day. Guarakisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja was the emblem of renunciation and humility. He would beg a little food from a few houses and carry with him only two books, written by Narottama Dasa Thakura. Srila Guarakisora Dasa Babaji had no desire to make disciples; however, seeing the true humility and deep spiritual attachment of the son of Bhaktivinoda Thakura he accepted that son, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, as his only disciple. Srila Guarakisora Dasa Babaji departed the world in 1915.

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