Rupa Gosvami - a glorious personality

Devotees in the Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya are also known as Rupanugas because they follow in the footsteps of this great acarya. Rupa Gosvami was one of Lord Caitanya's principle disciples and he, along with his brother Sanatana Gosvami, are responsible for spreading Lord Caitanya's teachings far and wide.

While there are only eight verses directly written by Caitanya Mahaprabhu (the Sri Siksastakam), the six Gosvamis are responsible for bringing his teachings to the world by writing many books showing spiritual seekers the way back to Godhead by the process of bhakti. Rupa Gosvami is actually Rupa-manjari in the spiritual world, a very dear servant of Srimati Radharani, therefore, Narottama dasa Thakura said that in order to understand the glorious pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna we must serve the divine lotus feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami with all eagerness and sincerity in order to receive his mercy.

   
 

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Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters reveal the qualities of this glorious personality as seen in the Vaniquotes Rupa Gosvami category. An introduction from his teachings is given below in the following 8 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings


vanipedia.org 		Rūpa Gosvāmī indirectly instructs that one who has been captivated by the beautiful smiling face of Kṛṣṇa has lost all attraction for material enjoyments. This is the test of advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness: a person advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must lose interest in material activities and personal sense gratification. (Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 29)



vanipedia.org 		Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has therefore compared possessing these bhukti (material) and mukti (liberation) desires with being influenced by the black art of a witch: in both cases one is in trouble. Bhukti means material enjoyment, and mukti means to become freed from material anxiety and to become one with the Lord. (Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 3)



vanipedia.org 		Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī gives us a vivid description of Kṛṣṇa as the reservoir of all pleasure in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. Here are some parts of that description. Kṛṣṇa's kaiśora age may be divided into three parts. In the beginning of His kaiśora age—that is, at the beginning of His eleventh year—the luster of His body becomes so bright that it becomes an impetus for ecstatic love. Similarly, there are reddish borders around His eyes, and a growth of soft hairs on His body. (Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 26)



vanipedia.org 		Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could compose verses according to the desires of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and by His direction he wrote two books named Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. Lord Caitanya desired the two brothers, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī, to publish many books in support of the Vaiṣṇava religion. When Sanātana Gosvāmī met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord advised him also to go to Vṛndāvana. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 10.84)



vanipedia.org 		Many devotees of Lord Caitanya like Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, Śrī Kavikarṇapūra, Śrī Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and in this latter age within two hundred years, Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Śrī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣana. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Introduction)



vanipedia.org 		Modern warfare waged between capitalists and communists is due to their avoiding the advice of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī regarding atyāhāra. Modern capitalists accumulate more wealth than necessary, and the communists, envious of their prosperity, want to nationalize all wealth and property. (Nectar of Instruction, Text 2)



vanipedia.org 		Although Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was quite fit to answer Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya's questions, due to his Vaiṣṇava humility he said that his words were impudent. Actually both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya were scholarly experts in composing poetry and presenting it strictly according to the Sāhitya-darpaṇa and other Vedic literatures. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 1.185)



vanipedia.org 		A direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, stands as the direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1 Summary)


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