Srila Advaita Acharya Appearance Day!

Some notes on the pastimes of Srila Advaita Acharya:

* One of the associates of Mahaprabhu, in the Panchatattva. The Panchatattva mantra is very powerful, more powerful than the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.
* Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CM) said, Hare Krishna mahamantra is for our delivarance, so Srila Prabhupada said we will exactly follow what CM asked us to do.
* Advaita Acharya (AC) is Maha-Vishnu and Sada-Shiva combined.
* From childhood, he was interested only in the Srimad Bhagavatam (SB), nothing else.
* AC's prayers were one of the reasons because of which CM came.
* In SB, Krishna says: Anyone who offers Ganga and Tulsi to Me, I sell Myself of them. That is the significance of Tulsi Devi. AC prayed for CM's appearance by offering these both, very intensely.
* AC's wife - Sitapada Rani. She came to give gifts to Sachimata, when she delivered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. As soon as she saw the boy, immediately she thought of Krishna and told mother Sachi, that Krishna Chandra is born to her.
* AC was a Vaishnava leader in Navadvip. His associate was Srila Haridas Thakur.
* CM's elder brother, Vishvaroop was very close to Advaita Acharya. He used to be inspired by AC very much and spend most of his time with him.
* After being initiated by Isvara Puri, CM started the era of Krishna-Sankirtan.
* One day, CM displays His Krishna form and asked AC to come. Now AC wanted to test Mahaprabhu. He stays in Nandan achary's house. CM told the devotees that AC is there and asked them to bring him. Thus AC know's CM is Krishna Himself.
* Since AC was so elder to CM, CM used to always touch his feet. This embarrassed AC quite a bit. So to get a chance for him to touch the feet of CM once, he starts a school and starts teaching the impersonal philosophy. CM once visits AC and He hears that God is Brahman, everything is Brahman. Now, CM became angry. He pinned AC down, sat on his chest and started beating him. CM asked then, why did you call for me, when you are preaching impersonal philosophy. Here, Nityanand Prabhu is laughing. Immediately AC payed his humble obeisances and said now you have shown that I am the servant of the servant of the servant. Thank you so much, only because you considered me your servant, you bet me. My Lord, I am your eternal servant, please don't give me so much respect all the time.
* AC had two sons. His sons were very very devoted to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
* Caitanya Caritamrta and CBhagavat is filled with AC's pastimes.
* Actually for any devotee to understand what pure devotion, CC and CB are the best.

Srila Advaita Acharya Appearance Day Maha-mahotsav ki Jay! If we pray to AC today for his mercy, then we will also get Gaura-Nitai's mercy!!!