..How does the disciplic succession actually work....since there appears to be gaps.....or they did not take diksa from their previous guru in the line?
Thank you Veda prabhu ...''Silver spoons''.love the story of the ''passing'' of Narrotama das takura,how he was within ganges,sorrounded by devotees chanting hari....and while his devotees massaged him he dissolved into the ganges river'',hare krishna ...Transcendental sampradaya....
Srila Bhaktisiddanta's Saraswati’s disciples have adopted his concept of prioritizing teaching (siksha) over formal ordination (diksha) as a sign of relationship and a marker of disciplic succession. They thus wish to establish that the renunciate bhajananandi Jagannath Das was more significant in Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s life than Bipin Bihari Goswami, who represents the Gaudiya Math's bête noire—the householder Vaishnava born in the traditional guru families....
