Establishing the Validity of our Gauḍiya Vaiṣṇava Lineage

In early 2001, a website run by a group of young men claiming to be followers of Madhvācārya made disparaging remarks about Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda and called into question the validity of the entire Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya. In response to this, Srila B.G. Narasiṅgha Mahārāja requested his disciple, Swami B.V. Giri to write a number of articles countering the claims of these young Madhvas. After posting these articles, Giri Maharaja then travelled to Uḍupī, interviewed the leaders of the aṣṭa-maṭhas (the eight major maṭhas in the Madhva sampradāya) and attained letters from them in praise of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Gauḍīyas.

Articles Series Dealing With Objections from Certain Members of the Madhva Sampradaya

Tattvavāda and Gauḍīya Siddhānta

01) Tattvavāda and Gauḍīya Siddhānta

The Validity of the Gauḍiya Paramparā and It’s Link With Madhvācārya

02) The Validity of the Gauḍīya Paramparā

The Divinity Of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

03) The Divinity of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

The Ontological Position of the Vaiṣṇava over the Brāhmaṇa

04) The Ontological Position of the Vaiṣṇava Over the Brāhmaṇa

The Supremacy of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam over the Vedas

05) The Supremacy of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

Original Letters, Reponses and Supplemental Material

  1. Letters from the Madhva-Maṭhas in Udupi in Support of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Gauḍiya Sampradāya
  2. A Word to Our Madhva Brethren (Originally published in The Harmonist, Vol. 31, May 1935)
  3. Letters in Response to Articles on the Gauḍīya Sampradāya and Madhvācārya
  4. Speech by Śrī Viśveśa Tīrtha Swamijī of Pejāvara Maṭha

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