Preface to Tattva-vivek
a spiritual book by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura
To our esteemed readers, this work by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has been translated by Sriman Kusakratha Dasa, late disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The reader can find biographical material at the end of this work. Click on link below.
Also there is some short biographical material on Kusakratha das as well
Tattva-vivek is a short, yet comprehensive outline of the Absolute Truth, and why it’s diluted into relative truth by the conditioned souls. Totally absorbing, and an empowering read.
Srila Bhaktivinoda begins:
“ Who am I? What is this world? What relation have I with this world?” To learn the truth, a
soul in this material world will always ask himself these questions.
click on link to veiw Tattva-vivek
For a more on Kusakratha das
His Grace Kusakratha prabhu (ACBSP), who departed October 2005 in Vrindavana (Krishna-Balarama-Temple), made it clear in his will that no books of his should be sold, rather they should be given away for free.
This will is in the care of Danavir Swami?, and possibly others as well. Kusakratha prabhu translated over 150 different transcendental literatures under the name of “Krishna Institute“.
Kusakratha Prabhu, a direct initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, joined ISKCON in 1969. Shortly after Srila Prabhupada’s departure from this world in 1979, he began to translate and publish classical Sanskrit and Bengali Gaudiya Vaisnava works into the English language.
By excavating these literary treasures at an overwhelming rate he rejuvenated the devotees all over the world, who felt great sorrow in the absence of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada. We are grateful to Kusakratha Prabhu for bringing to light the original works of our Gaudiya Vaisnava Acaryas including the Six Goswamis of Vrindavana.
Some of the literature, that Kuskratha Prabhu has translated, is so confidentially elevated that many devotees are not yet ready to grasp it. Nevertheless, these immortal works now stand as a vast body of reference material for the Vaisnava community to consult. Aside from accurately transmitting the words of the acaryas, Kusakratha has also rendered thousands of pages of glorification of Krishna through his personal English poetic composition. Some of these compositions have been published though many have not, as of yet.
A partial list of your more than 150 Krsna Library translations follows: Vedanta Sutra, Svetasvatara Upanisad, Gopala Tapani Upanisad, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Sri Garga Samhita, Stota-ratna, Munkunda Mala, Visnu Sahasra Nama, Madhvacarya’s Tattva-Muktavali, Sri Caitanya Bhagavat,
Srila Rupa Goswami’s Hamsaduta, Laghu-Bhagavatamrta, Lalita-Madhava, Padyavali and Stavamala; Srila Sanatana Goswami’s Hari Bhakti Vilasa and Brhad Bhagavatamrta; Srila Jiva Goswami’s Sandarbhas and Gopala Campu; Srila Ramandanda Raya’s Jagannatha Vallabha; Srila Kavi Karnapura’s Caitanya-candrodaya, Caitanya Carita and Gaura Ganodesa Dipika; Srila Narottama dasa Thakura’s Prarthana, and Prema-bhakti-candrika; Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati’s Caitanya-candramrta and Vrndavana-mahimamrta; plus extensive works by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, and others.
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