Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami - Service To Vraja Dham

Service To Vraja Dham

Swami Bon also served Vraja-dhama by offering the local people accredited education.

1) He built the Vaishnava Theological University (later became affiliated with the University of Agra as the Institute of Oriental Philosophy), in Vrindavana, where many Vraja-vasis received BA, MA and Ph.D. degrees;

2) He constructed the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Primary School next to Sanatana Goswami's bhajan-kutir in Nandagrama.

3) He maintained Sri Sanatana Goswami's bhajan kutir in Nandagrama where many of his Godbrothers would stay, and until now this tirtha is under the care of his disciples. It is also the sacred spot where Akinchan Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj has his samadhi (tomb).

4) His personal Math in Vrindavana near Madana Mohana temple is called "Bhajan Kutir" where he lived a quiet life with his brahmacari and sannyasi disciples. Swami Bon was always very strict with the four regulative principles, and he never acted or spoke as sahajiya or fallen in any way; he was a fixed-up, lifelong celibate sannyasi who mostly performed private bhajan after returning from his tapasya, followed by educational activities in service of Vraja Dhama.

Many of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's leading disciples would often come to visit him in Vraja, including Srila Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj. He also went to visit his Godbrothers and their disciples in Bengal every couple years.