Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Hindu religious movement
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Gaudiya Vaishnavism (IAST: Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ), also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gaura or Gauḍa region of Bengal (present-day Malda division of West Bengal and Rajshahi division of Bangladesh) or the ancient Gauda Kingdom (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh), while Vaishnavism means "the worship of Vishnu". The tradition is part of Krishnaism, a Krishna-centric branch of Vaishnavism. The theological basis of Gaudiya Vaishnavism is primarily the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana, and it was systemetized by the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan and others. The focus of Gaudiya Vaishnavism is the devotional worship (known as bhakti yoga) of the deities Radha and Krishna, and their divine incarnations, regarded as the supreme forms of God (Svayam Bhagavan). This worship commonly takes the form of singing the holy names of Radha and Krishna, including "Hare", "Krishna...
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