Some of the Great Vaishnava Saints and Sages of India
Stories of Inspiration and Dedication
Edited by Stephen Knapp
The many pastimes of the lives of the Vaishnava saints and sages are quite fascinating and provide much inspiration and instruction. Many miraculous activities and important events are recorded in connection to such saints, and many insights are provided in how to make progress in spiritual life by following their examples or studying their teachings.
There have been a number of books published about the saints of India, but some of the most important of the Vaishnava saints have been overlooked. This is why this book presents the brief biographies of over 75 of these personalities that did much to spread the teachings of the Vaishnava philosophy across India and eventually the world, and show and teach us the means to attain its goal.
These include such early saints as Vysadeva, Vallabhacarya, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Nimbarkacarya, Prabodhananda Sarasvati, and many others like Sri Chaitanya, Sri Nityananda, Baladeva Vidyabhushana, Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami, Lokanatha Das Gosvami, Ishvara Puri, Narottama das Thakur, Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakur, Vrindavana das Thakur, Jiva Gosvami, and more recent ones such as Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Gaura Kishora dasa Babaji, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, and Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Herein we can get a glimpse into their lives of dedication, their characteristics, strengths, the challenges they may have faced, and the means of their success, all of which gives us great teachings from their exemplary lives.
Over the years I have tried to gather the information on such saints and sages in order to document the biographies and achievements of these great persons. Until now, most of this information has been freely available on my website, but, after much review and editing, I wanted to provide this in a more permanent way as in a book in case something happens to me and my website.
The information within comes from common and traditional sources such as the Bhakti Ratnakara, Chaitanya-caritamrita, the Chaitanya Bhagavata, Gaura-Ganodesha-Dipika, and other references that most anyone can find. For this reason, I am making no copyright on this book or the material within, but I am merely presenting this in order to spread the stories about such saints and sages and to help preserve this information in a more permanent form. I thank all others who helped compile this information, even though it took much editing to make it as presentable as possible herein.
Naturally, there is more information on some of the saints than others, and additional information may be found elsewhere. Some of these saints are so well noted that whole books on their lives have been compiled on them. Other noteworthy saints are also there that are not included in this collection.
Nonetheless, in the following biographies, I have tried to give a simple overview on the lives, the challenges, insights, realizations, and accomplishments of these saints and personalities. It is often very inspiring to hear how they managed to do what they did, and the spiritual realizations they attained, and how they worked to give that to others. Reading about these personalities will help guide us in our own spiritual journey and give insights into how we can use their examples to encourage us on our spiritual path.
At present this is only a Kindle Ebook, priced low, or free through Kindle Unlimited, and equal to about 662 pages if in print. I may or may not later make this into a paperback. But for now, here it is.
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