Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda and the Gītā

This article series is based on a lecture by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī, given on the evening of 16th July, 1938 at the Sārasvata Śravaṇa Sadan, Bagh Bazaar Gauḍīya Maṭha. This was transcribed and published in the Gauḍīya Maṭḥa’s daily newspaper, Dainik Nadīyā Prakāśa. Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja gives an extensive history of the commentaries on the Gītā, the Gītā’s position on karma, jñāna, yoga and bhakti, and explains how Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has given the essence of the Gītā in his own writings. This rare article has been translated into English from Bengali by Sanātana Dāsa Adhikārī and Parameśvarī Devī Dāsī.

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• Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda and the Gītā – Part 1 by Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja
• The Secret of the Destruction of Devaki’s Six Unborn Children by Śrīla B.P. Purī Mahārāja
• Kṛṣṇa – The Supreme Vedāntist by Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda
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• Śrī Dayānanda Sarasvatī and the Tantra Śāstra by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• The Essence of the Ten Foundational Principles by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Daśa Mūla by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Daśa Mūla by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Āmnāya Daśa Mūla by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Bhagavad-gītā Daśa Mūla by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• The Secret of the Lord’s Appearance According to the Gītā by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• The Vedānta Philosophy by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Philosophical Treatise by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• The Bhagavat – It’s Philosophy It’s Ethics and It’s Theology by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Preface to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Karṇāmṛta by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Introduction to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Vijaya by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• A Question and Answer Concerning Śrī Kṛṣṇa Saṁhitā by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Vedānta Śāstra by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• ‘Śrī Muralī Vilāsa’ by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
• Samālocana (A Critique) by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura