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Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja
Author's Web Page: http://www.sreecgmath.orgAbout the Author: A Brief Account of His Holy Life
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja is the present
President / Acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, and Founder/ Acharya
of GOKUL. is the 11th Acharya in the preceptorial channel (Guru-Parampara)
of Lord Sri Krishnachaitanya Mahaprabhu. Born on April 24,1924 at
Amlapatti-Gwalpara, Assam, India, Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami
Maharaja joined the institution in 1947 after completing His Masters Degree
in Philosophy at Calcutta University (India). He served the Sri Chaitanya
Gaudiya Math as its Secretary and took Sannyas in 1961.
After the disappearance of His beloved Gurudeva, Founder / President /
Acharya, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami
Maharaja, as per His nomination and direction, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti
Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja became the President / Acharya of the Math in 1979.
Working eighteen hours a day, He is incessantly engaged in the propagation
of the Divine Message of Sri Krishnachaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja is acknowledged by Vaishnavas
around the world as one of the most exalted spiritual personalities of the
second generation (Prashishya-Varga) of preceptors decending from His Divine
Grace Nityalila Pravishta Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Goswami Thakur. His Divine Grace is an authority on Gaudiya Vaishnava
philosophy. He never deviates even one centimeter outside the four corners
of the prescription of the shastras (holy scriptures). "Example is better
than precept" is His way of preaching.
For the last five decades, Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja has
been engaged in the propagation of the all-embracing doctrine of
transcendental divine love of Lord Sri Krishnachaitanya Mahaprabhu, to
counter the present trend of violence and cruelty, and to bring about unity
of hearts among all, irrespective of caste, creed or religion.
At the behest of His Beloved siksa-guru, His Divine Grace Nityalila
Pravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa 108 Sri Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami
Maharaja, He has now embarked upon preaching the message of Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu throughout the entire world, beginning with an American tour in
1997. Since that time, He has continued to bring the yuga-dharma of the
Divine Name throughout the world. To date, His preaching engagements have
taken Him to England, Holland, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Spain,
Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Austalia, Singapore, Bali, the Hawaiian Islands
and throughout the length and breadth of the continental US. During this
time, He also maintains an extremely heavy preaching schedule, of three to
four programs a day, as He continuously travels to the devotees throughout
the Indian subcontinent. His Divine Grace is also presently engaged in
writing articles and books of a profoundly spiritual nature in His native
languages as well as in English, for the eternal benefit of the conditioned
souls of the world. His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami
Maharaja is beloved by thousands of devotees throughout the world as the
very embodiment of humility and spiritual affection.
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