He was so called, because he was truly great - great in heart, great in love, great in power to do things, which our men of reason and science would not believe even if they see. He sincerely followed the teachings of Shri Chaitanya and revived many of the activities or Lila of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, which people had already forgotten by then. He was a living embodiment of Shri Chaitanya Mahap
rabhu’s universal religion of love. He carried Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message of love from place to place, door to door and person to person, singing and dancing, laughing and weeping in rapturous ecstasies like Mahaprabhu Himself. He told us how all our sufferings could be easily removed and we could attain the highest goal of life-the attainment of the lotus feet of the Lord and his loving service only through Sankirtan or the congregational chanting of His name ‘Bhaja Nitai Gaur Radhe Shyam, Japa Hare Krishna Hare Ram.’ Since we, the jives of kali, would not easily believe him, he mercifully took it upon Himself to demonstrate to us the inconceivable power of the Divine Name by curing diseases, melting stones, making the tree dance and animals behave like devotee Vaishnavas, and even by bringing the dead back to life through the chanting of the Name ‘Bhaja Nitai Gaur Radhe Shyam, Japa Hare Krishna Hare Ram.’ He taught both by example and by precept the religion of pure Bhakti. He stands out prominently before us as the very embodiment of truth. Source Courtesy: www.nityanandajanmasthan.com