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Founder & Lineage

Parampara

Transcendental knowledge (divya-jñāna) means knowledge received through parampara, through disciplic succession.

Brahmā is the first guru of the whole universe, since he received the knowledge first from the Supreme Lord. The parampara that came from Brahmā’s disciples is called the Brahma-sampradāya. We belong to a rich culture and spiritual lineage of the Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya.

All the ācāryas in this succession stand on the śikṣā (instruction) they received from their predecessor ācārya.

Through parampara we serve our guru, because by fulfilling the guru’s desire the Lord’s desire is fulfilled.

Painting of Shri Jagannath das Babaji chanting on his beads beside a river

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Shri Jagannath das Babaji

1776 – 1894

Honoured in his time as the foremost of the Vaishnavas. In extreme old age he confirmed the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Mayapur, and he guided Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

Photograph of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, seated

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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur

1838 – 1914

A magistrate and a prolific writer, who brought Gaudiya Vaishnavism into the modern age and into print.

Painting of Srila Gaurakishora das Babaji Maharaj seated in meditation

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Srila Gaurakishora das Babaji Maharaj

1838 – 1915

A renounced babaji of Navadvipa who lived only to chant the holy names, and who gave initiation to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.

Photograph of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaj, seated with a book

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaj

1874 – 1937

Who founded the Gaudiya Matha and gave the tradition its preaching mission, its presses and its institutional form.

Photograph of H.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada seated on a lawn

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H.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

1896 – 1977

Who carried Krishna consciousness beyond India and translated the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam for a worldwide readership.

Photograph of H.D.G. Adinarayana Bhaktinishtha Swami Maharaj

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H.D.G. Adinarayana Bhaktinishtha Swami Maharaj

Founder · Krishna Consciousness Movement

He was initiated into the Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya more than a decade ago. With the blessings of the Vaishnava acharyas, He founded the Krishna Consciousness Movement, a worldwide organization. He started his missionary activities in 2010. He personally mentors people in the transcendental wisdom of the Vedic science, especially the Bhagavad Gita.

History of our Bhagavad Gita Academy

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