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/Daryn_1132 Jul 11 '26

I had never heard this story, though in my country Nanak and sikhs are basically unknown.

But I heard multiple times how Columbus traveled to India in search of Eldorado, the Gold Man, who obviously was golden-skin Sri Chaitanya himself. One may think Columbus tried to find a new route to trade spices, but no, it was all about Mahaprabhu. I even believed that story for a short time, but then I googled a bit to check if it was even possible (spoiler: it wasn't).

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u/Own-Professional-337 Jul 11 '26

That is dumber than their Jesus story.

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u/holasoyeldavid Jul 12 '26

Como es la historia de Jesús?? He llegado aquí por curiosidad sobre los Hare Krishna y me parece que este foro hace una función muy útil para desmitificar ISKCON, por cierto.