Chaitanya-mangala Translated By Subhag Swami Edited by Mahanidhi Swami Preface Lochana Dasa was born in 1520 A.D. in Kograma within Gauramandala, West Bengal. He was a disciple of Shri Narahari Sarakara Thakura, an intimate eternal associate of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. One day in 1537 A.D., following his guru's order, Locana Dasa sat on a stone slab under a badari tree and started writing the ChaitanyaMangala on a piece of bark. Since Vrndavana Dasa Thakura had already written a book entitled Chaitanya-Mangala, the leading devotees in Vrndavana [Shri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Shri Jiva Gosvami, Kasisvara Pandita, Pandita Haridasa Gosvami, and Anantacarya] met to resolve the problem. They decided that henceforth Vrndavana Dasa's book would be called Chaitanya Bhagavata, and Locana Dasa Thakura's book would remain as ChaitanyaMangala. In The History and Literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, Dr. S. Das [a disciple of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta S...