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Sri Caitanya: friend or foe of Hindutva?
Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay ⤡
Akhar Bandyopadhyay ⤡
Rupa Sanyal⤡
Abstract
This paper-letter aims to sarcastically subvert the relation of Hindutva to
the Vaisnava dharma as propounded by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
following militant non-violent deconstructive attack. The paper-letter
satisfies its aim by pointing out the affiliation of Sri Mahaprabhu to
lower-castes and members of the Islamic community without
distinguishing between caste and creed, self and the other. It has been
said about Mahaprabhu: “ ” (Sri Caitanya
hugged all the lower castes, including the untouchable Candalas)!
To
The Honourable Prime Minister,
Republic of India
Sub: Exclude Sri Caitanya for his sympathetic affiliation with Muslims and Lower-Castes
with sinful birth
Respected Hon. Narendra Modiji,
After listening to your inaugural lecture⤡ at the Netaji Indore Stadium on the occasion of
centenary celebrations of the Gaudiya Mission and Math⤡, Kolkata on February 21, 2016, I
have some humble and simple questions regarding Vaiṣṇava ideology in relation with our,
i.e., Saṅgh Parivār’s ideology. It is also to be noted that our Hon. Minister of Home Affairs,
Amit Shahji was also willing to deliver lecture at Gauḍiya Mission and Math and Mayapur
Chandrodaya Temple of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) ⤡, but it
was postponed/cancelled and deferred⤡. We think that postponement of his visit was good
for us for the following reasons.
It is found that Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu had a close relationship with Muslims, especially
with one, viz., Yavana Haridās. Even Mahāprabhu did not bother to distinguish among
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castes and creeds as prescribed by our sanātana dharma through varṇāśrama prathā. The
following paintings are, we think, enough to show the closeness of these two antagonistic
communities:
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… ⤡
Even Karl Marx observed such illicit relationship between Hindus and Muslims in
his Ethnological Notebooks (we are citing from the second edition, 1974),
Krishna (incarnation of Vishnu)… members of the very numerous sect of Boistubs od.
Vaisnabas (Vishnubites) on certain festivals lay their offerings. The Byragiist der minister
einer der sects which owe their origin to the great reformer Chaitanya about 300 years
since. (36, 37) ( Emphasis added pg. 251)
“In Bengal 2 distinct sects unter the Muhammedans, Sunis u. Shias; both a good deal given
to observances u. practices of Hinduism; the Bengali Musulmdn is nothing but a roughly
converted Hindu. In d. besten u. fruchtbarsten Theilen des Delta d. mohammedan. Element
über 60% d. Bevölkerg,, im rest of Bengal Proper ist es 30-40%; in einigen districts d. villages
ganz muhammed. od. ganz Hindu, aber more commonly hat jedes village sein Mahommed.
Quarter u. sein Hindu quarter (91, 92)
Viele sects auch unter d. Hindus (92) pretty universally in the rural villages Boistobs (mit
immense number of varieties u. subdivisions), Saktas, Sivas, Ganapatyas etc. (93) D. chief
development d. Boistobs – deren Vishnu ist the Brahma (Krishna eine seiner incarnations)
originated mit Chaitanya, who preached purity, meditation, and the equality of all men,
without distinction of sect or caste, before God. And a certain freedom from caste
trammels, and disregard of religious observances, with an appreciation of the importance
of conduct, still seem to characterise the sect. The Boistobs have been, and even now are
being, recruited from all castes, but taken together in all their varieties … are commonly
reckoned as a sort of caste by themselves. (94)” (Emphasis added, pg.260)
If this is so, how could we maintain homogenized pasteurized standardized (as it is found
written in the holy cow milk packets) sanatana dharma? How could we extinguish our
enemies? If we have to follow the path of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we have to stop our
fights against the other religion in a form of manufactured pogrom and riots and abolish
sacred caste system as well. Secondly, why do we utter the name of Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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who is also appreciated by Marx and Gandhi—two enemies of our open society of pure
Hindus? Even Marx (Capital Vol. I: 24, Sec.3 ⤡) profaned the Viṣṇu avatār by branding him
as a capitalist: “How the capitalists as a class are to perform that feat, is a secret that vulgar
economy has hitherto obstinately refused to divulge. Enough, that the world still jogs on,
solely through the self-chastisement of this modern penitent of Vishnu, the capitalist.” He
used this aphorism without knowing our sacred purāṇa. Another Marxist-Leninist
Bhupendranath Dutta, brother of Narendranath Dutta (i.e., Swami Vivekananda) wrote a
hilarious book on sociology of Vaiṣṇava Literature (1945).
The question is: whose friend is Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu? Marxists,
Gandhians, Mohammedans or of us: homogenized pasteurized standardized
Hindutvavādins?
Moreover, in the course of reading several biographies of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we have
found that androgynous features of effeminate, emasculated and militarily
incompetent Mahāprabhu with a habit of kissing and hugging his bhaktas/ devotees during
or after the performance of saṁkīrtaṇa. (This was prohibited as “carnal intercourse” in the
IPC 377, though now it is abolished during your regime) It is known as the “radhābhava
sādhanā” (loving the Lord Krṣṇa by being a female rādhā).
This is a severe shock for us as we, the supporters of RSS, are always foregrounding militant
masculine strength as our defense mechanism against the Mohammedans. We are really
anxious over the celebration of effeminate character of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. For this
reason, we do not like Rama as depicted in Uttararāmacarita by Bhavabhuti,
ŚrīRāmacaritamānasa by Goswami Tulsidas or Kabirdas’ (he was also against the
Brahmanistic Hinduism) Rama. We prefer militant Rama as depicted in Ravi Varma’s
painting.
Therefore, we are earnestly requesting you from the core of our Hindu heart that Caitanya
should banned from our agenda for his close association with the Mohammedans.
We do not want to be hypocrites like the Marxists and secular congressmen – both of them
do not follow Karl Marx and Gandhi respectively, in practical politics. We wish to reduce the
gap among our metaphysics, epistemology, ontology and politico-ethics.
Jai Shree Ram!
Jai Bajrangbali!
Bharat Mata Ki Jai!
Shaheed Godse ki Jai ho!
Yours Faithfully,
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Dr. Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay
Smt. Rupa Bandyopadhyay
Shri Akhar Bandyopadhyay
COPY TO:
1. Shri Amit Shah, The Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Government of India
2. Sripad Dharmadas Brahmachary, Incharge, Sri Bhakti Srirup Bhagawat Gaudiya Math, USA
3. Bhakti Nistha Madhusudan Maharaj, Incharge,Sri Gaudiya Math, Kolkata, India
4. Sripad Bhakti Dipak Sridhar Maharaj, Incharge, Sri Gaudiya Math, New Delhi, India
5. Jayapataka Swami, Acāryapāda, ISKCON