Life & Legacy
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📅 July 11, 2018
Glories of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura — HH Gopala Krishna Goswami
What You Will Learn
- How Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura dispatched the first English-language treatise on Caitanya Mahāprabhu to McGill University and the Royal Asiatic Society in 1896.
- His extraordinary discipline in sleeping only 2 to 3 hours nightly to author nearly one hundred books and treatises.
- The vital role of gratitude toward the predecessor ācāryas in advancing along the path of pure devotional service.
About This Presentation
In this comprehensive discourse delivered at ISKCON Silicon Valley on July 11, 2018, HH Gopala Krishna Goswami reflects on the exalted position of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura as the pioneer of the worldwide Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Mahārāja discusses how the Ṭhākura balanced rigorous magistrate duties with unceasing literary composition, his sending of 'Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts' to Western libraries in 1896, and his profound vision that Western and Indian devotees would dance together in saṅkīrtana.
Topics & Themes
# 1896 Western Dispatch
# Magistrate Service & Integrity
# Devotional Literature Production
# Global Saṅkīrtana Vision
# Disciplic Gratitude
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