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Three selected highlights from the time between Lord Caitanya
and Srila Prabhupada:
The first book distribution mission:
- Rupa, Sanatana, and Jahnavi-devi were concerned about the need
for literary support in Bengal. Jiva arranged the mission.
- Syamananda Pandit, Narottama das Thakura, and Srinivasa Acarya
were put in charge of a chest of holy books written by the Goswamis.
- They placed the chest in a cart pulled by four strong bullocks
and took it to Bengal with 10 armed guards escorting them.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura is renowned for…
- Re-establishing the respectability of the Vaishnava tradition
- Determining the sites of holy places around Mayapura
- Authoring a large amount of Vaishnava literature
- Strengthening the organisation of the Vaishnava community for
the purpose of conducting a unified preaching effort.
Bhaktisiddhanta expanded the preaching mission even more by…
- Challenging and defeating the influence of the smarta/caste
brahmanas
- Challenging and defeating the influence of the Mayavadis
- Establishing the Gaudiya-Matha with temples all over India
- Having sannyasis adopt the principles of yukta-vairagya
and preach in the cities
- Sending out brahmacaris on harinama and magazine
distribution
The disciplic succession connecting Srila Prabhupada and Lord
Caitanya:
Lord Caitanya
Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis
Jiva and Raghunatha Dasa Goswamis
Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami
Narottama Dasa Thakura
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Gaurakishora Dasa Babaji
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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