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== Miscellaneous ==
== References ==
As it stands, this entry does not contain adequate traditional or academic source material, and indeed many of the references are questionable, subpar or biased to one particular Gaudiya group, i.e. the Hare Krishna Movement. [[User:Vyasashuka|Vyasashuka]] ([[User talk:Vyasashuka|talk]]) 20:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


Added reference to S K De's classic work on the history of the GV movement. There are many others that can and should be mentioned, but this is an important start. [[User:Vyasashuka|Vyasashuka]] ([[User talk:Vyasashuka|talk]]) 21:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
The following text was removed from the [[Krishna]] article; it would be better placed here somewhere -
:Krishna is revered as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotees, not just as a demigod, but as the primal eternal force. Thus many believe that Hinduism in fact is a monotheist religion, since all other gods and demigods are seen as expansions of Krishna. Devotees believe that by worshiping Krishna with determination and faith, "Engage your mind in always thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me" (Krishna tells Arjuna during the Kurushetra war- ''Bagavadgita''), one is able to transcend the contaminating materialistic influences of life and finally attain ''moksha'' (freedom from the eternal cycle of birth and death). This is the essence of the Vedas and other Hindu spiritual texts.
[[User:Imc|Imc]] 22:21, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


[[User:Vyasashuka|Vyasashuka]] ([[User talk:Vyasashuka|talk]]) 15:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)Vyasashuka[[User:Vyasashuka|Vyasashuka]] ([[User talk:Vyasashuka|talk]]) 15:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)I updated the section living beings with some new terms and references
:This sounds like it was cut and pasted from one of Prabhupada's books. [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">R</font>]]una


== Terms and Translations ==
'[[Hare]]', pont at hare a rabbit maybe that page needs a disambiguation...
Deleted "and '''Hare Krishna'''" at the beginning of the entry because this is too biased to the "Hare Krishna Movement," which seems the implied, but not stated, reference. [[User:Vyasashuka|Vyasashuka]] ([[User talk:Vyasashuka|talk]]) 21:15, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
[[User:Syamadas|Syama]] 01:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


== Source: Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic ==
There was a spelling error in "achintya beda-beda" I fixed it and linked it to the wikipedia article on it. I also removed a part of it's wrong definition. The definition included the words "inconceivable oneness and difference of god and the soul". That was incorrect. Achintya means inconceivable and bheda-abheda means oneness and non-oneness. So I trimmed down the definition because the actual philosophy of achintya bheda-abheda is about the oneness and difference of everything with God, not just the soul with god. [[User:Shiva das|Shiva das]] 22:57, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


From the preface, this book looks to be a good, unbiased, secondary source that someone can quote from. There is a section titled "Chaitanya" on pages 260 to 262, where the last paragraph talks about the sect and its followers at that time.
== Gaudiya Math ==
* {{cite book |author-last=Wilkins |author-first=William Joseph |date=1913 |orig-date=1882 |title=Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic |url=https://archive.org/details/hindumythologyve00inwilk/page/260/mode/1up |edition=3rd |location=Calcutta |publisher=London Missionary Society |pages=260-262}}
[[User:Jroberson108|Jroberson108]] ([[User talk:Jroberson108|talk]]) 15:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


== Bengali Vaishnavism ==
Let's try to keep this article an article on the entire Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, there is a separate entry for Gaudiya Math. If you haven't researched the historical issues discussed, please don't go reverting or changing what I've written, discuss first here. [[User:Raga|Raga]] 10:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


{{Ping|103.248.236.98|Dāsānudāsa}} There have been some recent edits that remove and revert the usage of "Bengali Vaishnavism" as an alias name. In reviewing the reference, I found that the cited page 703 doesn't exist on the ref's linked page, so I added the "Failed verification" template. I did find in the preface that it says "Bengal Vaisnavism is not co-extensive with the religious system associated with the name of Caitanya and his adherents". Further discussion can be had here to avoid an [[WP:EW|edit war]]. [[User:Jroberson108|Jroberson108]] ([[User talk:Jroberson108|talk]]) 16:15, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Suggest merging the section on Gaudiya Matha under the actual Gaudiya Matha entry that looks pretty stub. --[[User:Raga|Raga]] 12:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
{{Ping|Jroberson108}} Just had a quick scan on Google Books and you're right -- thanks for explaining. There are, of course, plenty of other forms of Vaishnavism in Bengal. [[User:Dāsānudāsa|Dāsānudāsa]] ([[User talk:Dāsānudāsa|talk]]) 08:31, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
: You are wright. There are the other branches of Vaishnavism, but Gaudiya branch commonly considered as the most characteristic form of Vaishnavism in Bengal, that is why often colled the Bengali. I shell add some in the lead. [[User:DayakSibiriak|DayakSibiriak]] ([[User talk:DayakSibiriak|talk]]) 01:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)


== Bhakti Aloka ==


Paramadvaiti Sat Depravananta Godasa [[Special:Contributions/179.58.93.55|179.58.93.55]] ([[User talk:179.58.93.55|talk]]) 18:47, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

== Tagged for rewrite ==

I tagged the article for re-write. It's a mess. It has no comprehensible structure. [[User:Raga|Raga]] 11:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

* Done. [[User:Ekantik|Ekantik]] 00:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

:I've had a go at a re-write and removed the clean-up tag. I believe the article still needs much work, but at least the situation is not quite so critical as before. [[User:GourangaUK|GourangaUK]] 10:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

== Organization listings ==

"SKCM of BV Puri duplicated, already listed under Gaudiya Math"

So is ISKCON. Yet your edit included ISKCON, as well. [[User:Siyavash|Siyavash]] 12:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC) Ah, the subheader within this article, I thought you meant the seperate article. No big deal. [[User:Siyavash|Siyavash]] 12:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

* Overall, there's unnecessary repetition we need to address. --[[User:Raga|Raga]] 12:51, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== History ==

Please note that the "theory of decline" is a claim by the Gaudiya Math, and is not agreed on by the rest of the tradition. As you can see from my 17th-18th century description, the tradition was alive and vibrant. I have then changed, "Gaudiya Vaishnava history asserts" to "Gaudiya Math historians assert".

I am copying from my article on [http://www.gaudiya.com/index.php?topic=history history] at Gaudiya.Com. Consider reading the text there in its entirety. [[User:Raga|Raga]] 12:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

There needs to be an entry "The time of Sri Chaitanya" that describes the times of the first generation of the movement. -- [[User:Raga|Raga]] 13:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Suggested headings ==

The first section on comparative Vaishnava theology needs to be moved further down. It's also pretty messy.

The following headings need to be added:

* '''Theology'''
: There's already an article for [[Gaudiya_Vaishnava_theology]] - seems to be largely copied from Gaudiya.Com and deals with history, there's hardly theology there at all.
* '''Religious practice'''
: (suggest an outline of the five main aspects of sadhana)
* '''Holy places'''
: Vraja, Navadwip, Puri
What else? ---[[User:Raga|Raga]] 12:57, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

::Hello Raga - That sounds like a much better layout format. Do you think we could merge the good info from [[Gaudiya_Vaishnava_theology]] and re-direct the page here?

::New headings:

::*'''Philosophy and Theology''' or just '''Gaudiya Philosophy''' as a section?
::- dealing with acintya-bheda-bheda and other points etc... The comparative section is a mess, you're right. Maybe there could be some comparison section near the bottom of the page. Also there's little mention of any scriptures in the article at the moment, not even pointers... I'll have a think about anything else that might be a good idea. Ys, [[User:GourangaUK|GourangaUK]] 14:50, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

*I apologize for dropping out of Wikipedia and Gaudiya Vaishnava / Hinduism related articles for the time being; I'm working on a separate GV-themed encyclopaedia that takes all the time I can put into work like this. --[[User:Raga|Raga]] 15:52, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

== Removed additions by 220.233.182.89 ==

The following passage by 220.xxx was removed:

: However siddha-mahatmas such as Srila Jagannatha das Babaji Maharaj rejected many of the ideas about raganuga bhakti introduced by [[Siddha Jayakrishna Das Babaji]]. Descendents of Srila Jagannatha das Babaji Maharaj such as Prabhupada Srila [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura]] expressed the view that the tradition of [[Siddha Jayakrishna Das Babaji]] was in fact a substantial deviation from the actual teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

This is nothing but uninformed propaganda. If someone wants to put this paragraph bach, references to Jagannath Das Babaji's words are needed. There are numerous existing diksa-lineages coming from JDB, none of them have rejected Jayakrishna Das Babaji's concepts.

220.xxx also removed the section on printing presses and the section on the mainstream tradition's view of Gaudiya Matha. That was uncalled for, they have been put back. Do not attempt to remove them again without discussing here first. In general, please restrict Gaudiya Matha propaganda to headings under Gaudiya Matha and qualify it as their views ([[NPOV]]), and leave the rest of the article for statements you can actually substantiate as facts. May I remind that this is an encyclopedia, and you can publish opinions somewhere on your own websites. --[[User:Raga|Raga]] 22:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

==Merge Page: [[Gaudiya Vaishnava theology]]==
These two articles appear to be covering identical ground, although the other page reads as less neutral in it's present state. I've taken what information seemed appropriate and moved into here. Regards, ys [[User:GourangaUK|GourangaUK]] 11:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

== Guru Parampara article? ==

What would you all think about a Guru Parampara article that would have a list or chart of the various lineages in Gaudiya Vaishnavism? Of course with multiple traditions and the acharyas who represent them, it may prove to be complicated, but perhaps multiple articles could be created. I'm not entirely sure if this is a plausible idea, so I am summarizing it here first. [[User:Siyavash|Siyavash]] 15:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


==Criteria of Notability==

There is a list of people considered notable in the article. Currently its

* Notable modern-day personalities

** Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami Maharaja
** A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
** Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
** Gour Govinda Swami
** Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami

Any consideration on the criteria applied to select this particular list? Some of them are from the last century, and we still call them 'present day'. The criteria needs to be provided and consensus reached. Use of words is deceptive, as according to Wiki definition of notability the list should be expanded to include all BLPs. <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:Wikidas|Wikidās ॐ]]</span> 22:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

:*I agree, there needs to be some consensus on the criteria. Do you have any proposals? Thanks. [[User:Ism schism|Ism schism]] ([[User talk:Ism schism|talk]]) 22:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:**I suggest two options: Remove all
:::Or remove one person who is still with us and expand the list to be renamed Notable 20th century personalities.

:::There could be category: Present day Gaudiya Vaishnava leaders, but I personally do not think its a good idea, as it contains POV in the category itself, so a lot of reverts can follow.

:::I would examine [[Bahá'í Faith]] and try to restructure the page in a similar manner, avoiding personal advertisement as much as possible, which is not the purpose of an encyclopedia. <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:Wikidas|Wikidās ॐ]]</span> 22:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

::::Personally, I like your idea of "Notable 20th century personalities." What do you think of dividing it into centuries that follow [[Caitanya]] Mahaprabhu? Thanks. [[User:Ism schism|Ism schism]] ([[User talk:Ism schism|talk]]) 23:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yeap. Lets do it. I think we have sufficient material to do it up to the 16th century. <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:Wikidas|Wikidās ॐ]]</span> 23:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Some keep pushing a POV on notability without claims supported by reliable sources. I guess the solution is to exclude [[WP:BLP|BLP]]s from this unless there is a notability proved by overwhelming evidence from [[WP:RS]]. Unsourced claims of notability will be deleted and repeated addition will be treated as [[WP:DISRUPT|disruptive editing]] with a potential ban associated. <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:Wikidas|Wikidās ॐ]]</span> 09:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

==Revamp==
This page needs a revamp. A complete restructuring and loads of references and illustrations. It should be feature article candidate. Is there anyone out there to work on it. <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:Wikidas|Wikidās ॐ]]</span> 02:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

==The reference section was deleted==
I have restored the references section. I believe in the process of different editors changing the page, the references section was deleted on accident. I have restored it as it is important. Also, for future additions to the article, reliable sources are needed as references. Thanks. [[User:Ism schism|Ism schism]] ([[User talk:Ism schism|talk]]) 02:54, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 13:21, 9 September 2024

References

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As it stands, this entry does not contain adequate traditional or academic source material, and indeed many of the references are questionable, subpar or biased to one particular Gaudiya group, i.e. the Hare Krishna Movement. Vyasashuka (talk) 20:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Added reference to S K De's classic work on the history of the GV movement. There are many others that can and should be mentioned, but this is an important start. Vyasashuka (talk) 21:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Vyasashuka (talk) 15:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)VyasashukaVyasashuka (talk) 15:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)I updated the section living beings with some new terms and references[reply]

Terms and Translations

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Deleted "and Hare Krishna" at the beginning of the entry because this is too biased to the "Hare Krishna Movement," which seems the implied, but not stated, reference. Vyasashuka (talk) 21:15, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source: Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic

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From the preface, this book looks to be a good, unbiased, secondary source that someone can quote from. There is a section titled "Chaitanya" on pages 260 to 262, where the last paragraph talks about the sect and its followers at that time.

  • Wilkins, William Joseph (1913) [1882]. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic (3rd ed.). Calcutta: London Missionary Society. pp. 260–262.

Jroberson108 (talk) 15:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bengali Vaishnavism

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@103.248.236.98 and Dāsānudāsa: There have been some recent edits that remove and revert the usage of "Bengali Vaishnavism" as an alias name. In reviewing the reference, I found that the cited page 703 doesn't exist on the ref's linked page, so I added the "Failed verification" template. I did find in the preface that it says "Bengal Vaisnavism is not co-extensive with the religious system associated with the name of Caitanya and his adherents". Further discussion can be had here to avoid an edit war. Jroberson108 (talk) 16:15, 17 September 2021 (UTC) @Jroberson108: Just had a quick scan on Google Books and you're right -- thanks for explaining. There are, of course, plenty of other forms of Vaishnavism in Bengal. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 08:31, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are wright. There are the other branches of Vaishnavism, but Gaudiya branch commonly considered as the most characteristic form of Vaishnavism in Bengal, that is why often colled the Bengali. I shell add some in the lead. DayakSibiriak (talk) 01:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bhakti Aloka

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Paramadvaiti Sat Depravananta Godasa 179.58.93.55 (talk) 18:47, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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