The Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya
Of the four authorized Vaishnava sampradayas the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya is very prominent. This spiritual lineage (Paramapara) begins with Lord Brahma, who received the absolute truth directly from Bhagavan Lord Sri Krishna. Lord Brahma was the spiritual master of Narada Muni, and Narada passed the teachings on to the great sage Srila Vyasadeva, who compiled and wrote down the Vedas some 5000 years ago.
Srila Madhvacarya was a direct disciple of Vyasa, from whom he received the Vedanta. The Paramapara continues through numerous saintly persons to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu the great sage, scholar and incarnation of Lord Krishna who appeared 500 years ago in Gauda-desa, Bengal (Gaudiya)
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu* (1486–1534 AD) is acknowledged as the foremost proponent of bhakti yoga in more recent history, both within the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya and within the subcontinent of India. While profoundly humble, Sri Chaitanya displayed an unparalleled intellect and was accepted as the greatest scholar of His time, gathering about Him a number of extraordinary and highly scholarly disciples. Among them were Sri Ramananda Raya, who was the governor of Madras, and the brothers Rupa Goswami and Sanatan Goswami, who were ministers of the Bengal government under the Muslim regime of Nawab Hussain Shah.
Under the direction of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, His followers have given mankind the priceless gift of an enormous library of extraordinary spiritual literature unmatched in the history of the world. It is only within recent decades that these works on Gaudiya Vaishnavism by the followers of Sri Chaitanya have risen in prominence and appreciation by scholars in many academic institutions in Europe and America, including Oxford and Harvard.
In more recent times, a number of prominent spiritual teachers appeared within the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur (1838–1914), renowned as a great yogi, devotee, and Vedic scholar, was a high court judge and assistant to the governor of Orissa province under the British Raj. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati (1874–1937) was one of the great Vedic scholars of modern India, and his most famous disciple, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad (1896–1977), propagated Vaishnavism widely in the Western world.
*To read a brief biography of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu click here
Srila Madhvacarya was a direct disciple of Vyasa, from whom he received the Vedanta. The Paramapara continues through numerous saintly persons to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu the great sage, scholar and incarnation of Lord Krishna who appeared 500 years ago in Gauda-desa, Bengal (Gaudiya)
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu* (1486–1534 AD) is acknowledged as the foremost proponent of bhakti yoga in more recent history, both within the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya and within the subcontinent of India. While profoundly humble, Sri Chaitanya displayed an unparalleled intellect and was accepted as the greatest scholar of His time, gathering about Him a number of extraordinary and highly scholarly disciples. Among them were Sri Ramananda Raya, who was the governor of Madras, and the brothers Rupa Goswami and Sanatan Goswami, who were ministers of the Bengal government under the Muslim regime of Nawab Hussain Shah.
Under the direction of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, His followers have given mankind the priceless gift of an enormous library of extraordinary spiritual literature unmatched in the history of the world. It is only within recent decades that these works on Gaudiya Vaishnavism by the followers of Sri Chaitanya have risen in prominence and appreciation by scholars in many academic institutions in Europe and America, including Oxford and Harvard.
In more recent times, a number of prominent spiritual teachers appeared within the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur (1838–1914), renowned as a great yogi, devotee, and Vedic scholar, was a high court judge and assistant to the governor of Orissa province under the British Raj. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati (1874–1937) was one of the great Vedic scholars of modern India, and his most famous disciple, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad (1896–1977), propagated Vaishnavism widely in the Western world.
*To read a brief biography of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu click here