Shrivatsa Goswami Explained
Shrivatsa Goswami (born 27 October 1950) is an Indian Indologist scholar as well as Gaudiya Vaishnava religious leader.[1] [2] [3]
He was born in the Vaishnava pilgrimage site of Vrindavan, into a brahmin family whose members were caretakers of Radha Raman Temple for more than four centuries, one of the known Vrindavan temples, founded by Chaitanya's associate, the saint Gopala Bhatta Goswami.[4] Shrivatsa Goswami's father, Purushottam Goswami, was the temple leading priest. In accordance with the family tradition, Shrivatsa Goswami became the acharya of Radha Raman temple. In 1972, he founded a scientific and cultural organization, the "Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana", to the propagation of traditional Vaishnavism, patronised the arts (Raslila dance and other) and scholarship on Vaishnavism, particularly in Vrindavan.
Shrivatsa Goswami is a graduate in philosophy of the Banares Hindu University, where he later has taught philosophy and religion. In the mid-1970s he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions. Shrivatsa Goswami has been associated with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (a member of the board of editors of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophers) and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (that is a sponsor for his Vraja Research Project). His scholarly publications in India and the West focus on Vaishnavite philosophy and theology, as well as theater and other aspects of the religious culture of the Braj region.
In addition, Shrivatsa Goswami works in the field of interfaith cooperation. Thus, he is the honorary president of Religions for Peace. And Pope Benedict XVI invited him to represent Hinduism at the 25th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer at Assisi in October 2011.[5]
Selected works
- Books
- Book: Hawley . John Stratton . Goswami . Shrivatsa . [{{Google books|id=NHdZH-d2xM4C|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan ]. Princeton, NJ . . 1981 . 0691064709.
- Book: Goswami . Shrivatsa . 2001 . [{{Google books|id=IafpAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} Celebrating Krishna ]. Vrindavan . Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana . 8190138103.
- Contributions
- Book: Goswami . Shrivatsa . Rādhā: The Play and Perfection of Rasa . Hawley . John Stratton . Wulff . Donna Marie . [{{Google books|id=j3R1z0sE340C|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} The Divine Consort: Rādhā and the Goddesses of India ]. Berkeley religious studies series, 3 . 1982 . 72–88 . Berkeley, Ca . Graduate Theological Union . 0-89581-102-2.
- Book: Goswami . Shrivatsa . Gelberg . Steven J. . Interview with Shrivatsa Goswami . Gelberg . Steven J. . [{{Google books|id=rcgFRgAACAAJ|plainurl=y|page=196|keywords=|text=}} Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna: Five Distinguished Scholars on the Krishna Movement in the West, Harvey Cox, Larry D. Shinn, Thomas J. Hopkins, A. L. Basham, Shrivatsa Goswami ]. New York . . 1983 . Grove Press Eastern Philosophy and Literature Series . 196–258 . 0394624548.
- Goswami . Shrivatsa . Review of Śrīla Prabhupāda-Līlāmṛta by Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī . . Ann Arbor, Mi . Association for Asian Studies . 1983 . 42 . 4 . 10.2307/2054828 . 0021-9118 . 986–988. 2054828 . 164018245 .
- Book: Goswami . Shrivatsa . Acintya Bhedābheda . https://books.google.com/books?id=4IrQkw5x2o4C&pg=PA249 . Rosen . Steven J.. Steven J. Rosen . 1992 . [{{Google books|id=4IrQkw5x2o4C|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} Vaiṣṇavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition ]. New York . FOLK Books . 249–260 . 0-9619763-6-5.
- Book: Goswami . Shrivatsa . Case . Margaret H. . The Miraculous: The Birth of a Shrine . [{{Google books|id=7DLj1tYmoTQC|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} John S. Hawley & Vasudha Narayanan. The Life of Hinduism ]. 53–62 . Berkeley, Ca . . 2006 . 0520249143.
- Co-editor
- Encyclopedia: Potter . Karl H. . Karl Harrington Potter . Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophers . Delhi . . 1970–2019 . 1–25- . . Ongoing series project. . 14 February 2022 . 1 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201160007/https://faculty.washington.edu/kpotter/xencyclo.html . dead .
Further reading
- Book: Case . Margaret H. . [{{Google books|id=Zh7OoTSH5UwC|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} Seeing Krishna: The Religious World of a Brahman Family in Vrindavan ]. New York . Oxford University Press . 2000 . 0-19-513010-3.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Hawley . John Stratton . Wulff . Donna Marie . [{{Google books|id=j3R1z0sE340C|plainurl=y|page=406|keywords=|text=}} The Divine Consort: Rādhā and the Goddesses of India ]. Berkeley religious studies series, 3 . 1982 . Berkeley, Ca . Graduate Theological Union . 0-89581-102-2 . 406.
- Book: Rosen . Steven J.. Steven J. Rosen . 1992 . [{{Google books|id=4IrQkw5x2o4C|plainurl=y|page=249|keywords=|text=}} Vaiṣṇavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition ]. New York . FOLK Books . 0-9619763-6-5 . 249.
- Web site: Shri Shrivatsa Goswami . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.rfp.org/leadership_member/shri-shrivatsa-goswami/ . 2022-03-14 . live. 9 October 2020 . . 2022-02-12.
- Book: Gelberg . Steven J. . [{{Google books|id=rcgFRgAACAAJ|plainurl=y|page=196|keywords=|text=}} Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna: Five Distinguished Scholars on the Krishna Movement in the West, Harvey Cox, Larry D. Shinn, Thomas J. Hopkins, A. L. Basham, Shrivatsa Goswami ]. New York . . 1983 . Grove Press Eastern Philosophy and Literature Series . 196 . 0394624548.
- Web site: Acharya Shri Shrivatsa Goswami . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/http://interfaithharmonyweek.info/speakers/139-acharya-shri-shrivatsa-goswami.html . 2022-03-14 . live. . 2022-02-12.
