History of Gaudiya Mission
And the significance of Gaudiya Acharyas
‘Gaudiya Mission' is a missionary organization for preaching the process of pure devotion through practice as taught by Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This was actually started by Srila Jiva Goswamipad in the name of “Viswa Vaisnav Rajsabha” in 16 th century, and Srila Rupa Goswamipad was its first president. With the passage of time, it's influence was slowly lost. After about 200 years later, Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur, the own person of Sri Gaur Sundar, revived the Vaisnava religion and reestablished the ‘Rajshabha' (congregation) in 1886. Not only this, with the inspiration and help of some self-realized souls like Srila Jagannatha Das Babaji and Srila Gaura Kishore Das Babaji, he discovered, and protected the actual birth site of Sriman Mahaprabhu, and preserved various ancient litertures on Suddha Bhakti, composed songs of analloyed devotion, and thus he brought about a renaissance in the cult of Bhakti. The greatest contribution of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur is Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada. He appeared as the most worthy successor and son of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur to make his dreams a reality by preaching and spreading the message of pure devotion in the entire world, as taught by Mahaprabhu. |