Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.11
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.11
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¹ Caitanya himself does not appear to have encouraged monopoly by any particular caste or person of the function of a spiritual teacher. He was willing to learn from Rāmānanda-rāya, and himself selected Raghunātha-dāsa, a Kāyastha, and Rūpa-Sanātana of doubtful social status, to become the highest spiritual teachers of the faith.