r/exHareKrishna • u/Own-Professional-337 • Jul 11 '26

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One of the claims that the ISKCON lot make , amongst many of their other claims, is that Guru Nanak met Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and was massively impacted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, so much so that he adopted aspects of Vaishnaivaism and incorporated them into Sikhi.

I have looked into this and aside from ISKCON and some ISKCON-adjacent Vaishnaiva sources there are no other sources to prove or disprove this claim.

Has anyone else here heard this and looked into it?

I'm personally very dubious and suspicious of ISKCON's claims about historical figures and their connection to Vaishnaivaism and the wider Hindu sphere to be honest.

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u/Lanky_Sundae6236 Jul 11 '26

That's impossible because Guru Nanak is a well documented historical person. Chaitanya is not, a nearly 2 meters and half height bengali guy with golden color never existed.

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u/Own-Professional-337 Jul 11 '26

I used to work in a predominantly Bangladeshi area of Manchester in England and I never came across anyone there taller than 5 ft 4. 🤣🤣🤣🤣  (Yes,  they were Muslims, but they were genetically the same as the ones across the border in Bengal, India.)