Guru-Parampara Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the life and soulof the Rupanugas (followers of Sri Rupa Goswami) – His very own and intimates are Shrila Swarup-Damoda, Shrila Sanatan and Sri Rupa Goswami – dearmost to Sri Rupa are Shrila Jiva Goswami and Shrila Jagannath Das Goswami. Dearmost to Shrila Jagannath is Shrila Krishna Das Kabiraj Goswami. Beloved of Sri Krishna Das Kabiraj is Shrila Thakur Narottam. Srila Viswanath Chalraborty Thakur, a follower of Shrila Narottam Das, preserved the Rupanugadhara (Succession). He was famous as ‘Sri Hariballav Das' in Vraja-mandal towards the end of his life. Shrila Baladev Vidyabhusan, the great Acharya of Gaudiya-Vedanta, was a follower and disciple of Shrila Viswanath Chakraborty Thakur. He was famous as ‘Govinda Das' in thr Gaudiya Vaishnava community. His follower was Sri Uddhav- das or Sri uddhar-das. The disciple of Sri Uddhav-das was Sri Madhusudan Das. It should be clearly understood that guru-sishya-dhara (Guru-disciple succession) is as per the Bhagavat parampara, not according, to pancharatra. • ( Gaudiya, Vol-17, No.29, p-492 ) This Transcendental Mediator or Sri Guru Dva is a loving Agent of the All-love and kind to us who are seeking for a tie of love with the All-love. This Embodiment of Love will gradually lead our loving mood to that One Who is the Fountainhead and Mainstay of all aspects of eternal love. • ( Shrila bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati ) • ‘My Guru-Puja' 26 th February, 1932 |
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