Unpublished biographies of Mahaprabhu

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> In a Videolecture from Srila Prabhupada about the Disappearence of Srila

> Bhaktivinoda Thakur he said, that Bhaktivinoda wrote so many wonderful

> books, like Jaiva-Dharma, and we have to translate them.

 

His Divine Grace Srila Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Appearance Day,

Lecture London, September 23, 1969:

 

One has to accept a bona fide spiritual master. That is our process. Without

accepting a bona fide spiritual master, we cannot make any progress. It is

impossible. So Bhaktivinoda Thakura happens to be acaryas, one of the acaryas.

And he has left behind him many books. Caitanya-siksamrta, Jaiva Dharma. These

are very important books. They're in Bengali, in Sanskrit. And many songs. He

has prepared many books of song. The song, Ei nam gaya gauracand madhura svare,

that is Bhaktivinoda Thakura's song. So we are trying to present Bhaktivinoda

Thakura's books also in English translation.

 

Cc 7.164 purport:

 

Now that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has taken up this

task of preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya, its members should not only

construct temples in every town and village of the globe but also distribute

the books that have already been written and further increase the number of

books.

 

Cc Adi 12.8 purp:

 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura wanted to print as many books as

possible and distribute them all over the world. We have tried our best in this

connection, and we are getting results beyond our expectations.

 

Cc Concluding words:

He was very fond of seeing many books published to spread the Krsna

consciousness movement. Therefore our society, the International Society for

Krishna Consciousness, has been formed to execute the order of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu and His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das