Sri Gaura Ganoddesha Dipika
A lamp to see the associates of Lord Caitanya
Kavi Karnapura
With Bhaktivedanta footnotes
Introduction
The incarnations of the Lord, Krishna or Visnu, are as numerous as the waves of the ocean, a way to say that they are infinite. They keep coming and coming, performing so many different acts in order to please His devotees, destroy demons and establish the principles of spiritual life.
For us, members of the Vaisnava Gaudiya tradition, there is no doubt that Sri Krishna and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are the most important among all divine incarnations.
Sri Krishna appeared more than 5,100 years ago , Mahaprabhu more than 520 years ago . We have a vast literature telling us of these two divine descents and Their activities with Their friends.
Since we know that Krishna returned on this Earth as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is only natural that we want to know who among His associates in Goloka Vrindavana came and in which body.
To ascertain this is for us certainly is impossible, because it would need a direct contact with the spiritual world that someone who is not a pure devotee can’t have. But we still feel the need to know who was who.
We are very happy that this task has been taken up by a great Vaisnava, a pure devotee of the Lord, Sri Kavi Karnapura, the son of Sivananda Sena, who wrote this Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika, a lamp of light over the associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
With this book you will learn secrets that otherwise would have remained as such.
I refer you to other readings to know more about these important personalities of our spiritual tradition.
Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)
Introduction compiled on May 25, 2013
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