Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c5.s3.14

c5.s3.14

But there existed in the city a devout Vaiṣṇava community although it was neither a numerous nor an important group. Dissatisfied with their unspiritual surroundings, this religious group used to meet in certain houses to hold religious discourses, to listen to the reading of the Śrīmad-bhāgavata and to satisfy their spiritual longings by an enthusiastic singing of the name, praises or exploits of Śrī-Kṛṣṇa. Even Caitanya's father Jagannātha Miśra, though a Vaidika-Brahman scholar, had devout Vaiṣṇava tendencies, and the family had probably been Vaiṣṇava for generations. His hospitable house is said to have entertained many a venerable Vaiṣṇava guest, who must have created some subconscious impression on Caitanya's mind in his boyhood and youth.