Gaudiya Mission
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Coordinates | 22°36′10.224″N 88°22′24.672″E / 22.60284000°N 88.37352000°E |
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Area served | 3 countries |
Official languages | Bengali, Hindi, English |
President-Acharya | Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj |
Main organ | Governing Body & Council Body |
Affiliations | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
Website | gaudiyamission |
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The Gaudiya Mission (
History
The Gaudiya Mission is the government registered name of Sri Gaudiya Math, a famous organization that existed from 1920 to 1937. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati selected Ananta Vasudev Prabhu as his successor, but sadly after Prabhupad disappeared and the positive decision of the Sri Gaudiya Math's leaders about Ananta Vasudev Prabhu as a new acharya, Kuñjabihari Vidyabusana (Kunja Babu), the secretary and the president of the Gaudiya Math did not agree with the decision and separated his own branch (the "Sri Chaitanya Math" branch in Mayapur).[2] Thus, Ananta Vasudev Prabhu later gave up his post of successor and was forced to establish a new organization (de facto renamed the Gaudiya Math) became known as the Gaudiya Mission. The 64 Gaudiya Math centers were divided into two groups in 1948 and Gaudiya Mission kept the central temple "Sri Gaudiya Math" with museum at Bagbazar in Kolkata, the headquarter of Mission up to the present day.[4][5]
Later Ananta Vasudev Prabhu started to criticize some of the teachings of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (particularly, counted the proselytizing work as not the true spirituality),
Current status
Main posts and organs of mission are President-Acharya, President, Governing Body and Council Body. It has 26 temples in India, UK (London, "Sri Vasudev Gaudiya Math" estd. 1933), and US (New York, "Sri Bhakti Srirup Bhagawat Gaudiya Math" estd. 2007). Approximately has a total of 60 sannyasis. Created medical services and dispensaries. It is publishing a monthly magazine"Bhakti Patra".[7]
Notes
References
- ^ Broo 2003, p. 275.
- ^ a b c Brzezinski 2004, p. 89.
- ^ "About Gaudiya Mission". Gaudiya Mission. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Sherbow 2004, p. 131.
- ^ a b Jalakara dasa. "The Sons of the Son: The Breakup of the Gaudiya Matha". Bhaktivedanta Memorial Library. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Srila Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj The New Acharya of the Gaudiya Mission". VINA news. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Centers". Gaudiya Mission. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Bibliography
- Broo, Måns (2003). As good as God: the guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism (PDF). Åbo: ISBN 951-765-132-5. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 March 2016.
- Brzezinski, Jan (2004). "Charismatic Renewal and Institutionalization in the History of Gaudiya Vashnavism and the Gaudiya Math". In ISBN 0-231-12256-X.
- Sherbow, Paul H. (2004). "A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vashnavism". In ISBN 0-231-12256-X.