Prema Pradipa

yamādibhir yoga-pathaiḥ kāma-lobha-hato muhuḥ mukunda-sevayā yadvat tathātmāddhā na śāmyati

The ātmā constantly afflicted by lust and greed will not be satisfied by aștānga-yoga and other paths as much as by direct service to Mukunda.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.35

nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam suka-mukhād amsta-drava-samyutam pibata bhāgavatam rasam alayam muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ

O knowers of rasa! O fortunate souls! Constantly drink from the mouth of Sukadeva the Bhāgavatam, the fruit of the tree of the Vedas, which has dropped from the tree to this earth, which is immortal, liquid, which is the essence of sweetness and which includes all types of liberation.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.3

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura (18381914) is a prominent ācārya in Gaudiyavaisnava sampradāya. He was a pioneering spiritual leader, a householder, a magistrate working in colonial India under the British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. He wrote volumes of books reintroducing the pure teachings of Lord Caitanya at a time when those teachings had practically become lost. He composed hundreds of devotional songs glorifying Krsna to uplift the consciousness of the suffering people of this world. He corresponded with philosophers, theologians, leaders, scholars, and professors of his time and sent books, including The Life and Precepts of Lord Chaitanya, to university libraries in foreign countries, planting the seeds for a worldwide movement of Krishna consciousness. Bhaktivinoda Thākura discovered and excavated the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Along with his devoted wife, Bhagavati Devi, le raised ten children, including the illustrious Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Thākura, who would become a great spiritual leader in his own time and the spiritual master of ISKCON's founder-ācārya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

Works of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura

A Beacon of Light

Amrta-pravaha-bhashya (commentary on Caitanya caritamrita) Bauddha-vijaya-kavyam Bhakti-Tattva-Viveka*

Bhavavali (commentary)

Brahma-samhitā (commentary)

Dasopanishad-curnika

Datta-kaustubha*

Dutta Vansa Mala

Garbha-stotra-vyakhya

Gītamālā

Gītāvali

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