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Bhakti
Promode Puri Goswami Maharaja
In orchestrating this modern bhakti revolution, Srila Prabhupada gathered some of the greatest spiritual luminaries in contemporary history into his circle. Such a convergence of exalted spiritual personalities can only be compared to the coming together of Sri Chaitanya’s direct followers in the sixteenth century. One of the devotional giants who entered Srila Prabhupada’s orbit was His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaja. We cannot describe the life of Srila Puri Goswami Maharaja without emphasizing his contribution to the spiritual movement in which he was so integrally involved. The depth of his accomplishments cannot be fathomed outside the context of Sri Gaudiya Math. With his fellow godbrothers, he shared an indomitable faith in the service of his Guru and the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This service was the sole purpose and highest aspiration of his being. This conviction led him to spend his entire life in the pursuit of Srila Prabhupada and Mahaprabhu’s pleasure and the fulfillment of their desires. If we examine his life in this setting, we will see more than just numbers, dates, places and names. We will see how he embodied the very life current that his spiritual preceptors came to give the world. © Copyright 2004-2006 DevaVision Productions |
In
the early years of this century, Srila
Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami
Thakur set into motion a devotional revival
that rapidly spread through Bengal, India,
and eventually the world. He put into question
the very foundations of present-day theistic
thought in a way that has little comparison
anywhere in the spiritual record, East or
West. Through him, the world was awakened
to the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
and the movement of pure devotion, suddha
bhakti.