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Why did Nityananda Prabhu break His (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's) danda?

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"Why did Nityānanda Prabhu break His daṇḍa"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Caitanya Mahāprabhu does not require any.


Morning Walk -- April 28, 1975, Vrndavana:

Tripurāri: During the āratik here at the temple, where should the women be standing?

Prabhupāda: Āratik, there are so many. That also . . . Caitanya Mahā . . . saw Jagannātha. There was crowd. One woman got up on His shoulder.

Tripurāri: During the āratik.

Prabhupāda: During . . . And He was seeing, and everyone saying, "Get! Get down!" Caitanya said, "No, don't disturb. Let her see. She has got so much eagerness."

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: But we cannot imitate.

Prabhupāda: Imitation is always bad. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya. Imitation is always bad.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Did Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu have a daṇḍī or a tridaṇḍī?

Prabhupāda: Daṇḍī.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Ekadaṇḍī.

Prabhupāda: He took sannyāsa from Māyāvādī.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Why did Nityānanda Prabhu break His daṇḍa?

Prabhupāda: Caitanya Mahāprabhu does not require any.

Acyutānanda: After taking sannyāsa, though, He had śikha and tulasī mālā? No.

Prabhupāda: He was Māyāvādī. (chuckles) (laughter)

Acyutānanda: Someone wrote that only Caitanya Mahāprabhu can say ahaṁ brahmāsmi. He is the only Māyāvādī who can actually say aham brahmāsmi, because He is Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: He is brahmāsmi, no. He is parabrahmāsmi.

Acyutānanda: Parabrahmāsmi.

Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmine.