Together the Six Goswamis established the philosophical writings and records which became the theological basis of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.

This was much to the displeasure of his parents, who eventually took to hiring guards in order to prevent Raghunatha dasa from leaving the family home with the aim of having a spiritual life.

Eventually Raghunatha dasa escaped their home and made a journey to Jagannath Puri where he met his guru, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Raghunath arranged for the ingredients from the neighboring villages, and helped by his associates, prepared two kinds of chuda-dahi.

[4] According to accounts in the Chaitanya Charitamrta, written by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami, Raghunatha dasa led a life of extreme devotional practice, spending more than twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four chanting the Hare Krishna Maha mantra, and eating and sleeping for less than an hour and a half per day, and on some days that also was reduced.