Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada has , under the directions of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur , presented to the world the Srimad Bhagavatam. Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu  empowered the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana , and the Srimad Bhagavatam presented by the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas follows strictly the teachings of Srila Rupa Goswami alongside Srila Jiva Goswami,  Srila Sanatana Gosvami and Srila Ragganatha das Goswami . The great scholar Srila Gopal Bhatta  Goswami is referenced in the works of Srila Jiva Goswami. Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on the Bramha Sutra,  the condensed form of the four Veda . The original Vedas that Veda Vyasa sectioned  into four presentations . The Srimad Bhagavatam contains the teachings also of the Puranas, and the Itihasas, including the Mahabharata.
It is important to note that many substantial practical lessons are contained within the Vedas for a systematic development of spiritual culture for everyone of all occupations or spiritual standing . One may wonder why the Bhagavatam contains and gives  mentions of the material and spiritual  . Krishna has the responsibility for education and enlightenment,  so He comes amongst us and teaches us . He appears like one of us at times and, in many, many incarnations over the course  of time he reestablishes religious and progressive teachings . The Srimad Bhagavatam brings to our attention the descriptions of many varieties of spiritual planes of existence along with the different types of  relationships the living beings enjoy in association with Divinity . As Krishna, the supreme Personality of Godhead , He invites us to become one of  His many  family members or  friends or lovers directly or as assistants to them to enjoy informal family life .

The smiling face of the Srimad Bhagavatam , which is depicted in just over twenty chapters of tenth Canto , is the confidential pastimes of Krishna in His” Dhira Lalita form” , these pastimes depicted in the Bhagavatam are purposely minimal , but are elaborated upon within the Smriti of the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas , headed by Srila Rupa Goswami and Ragganatha das Goswami.

Every relationship with Divinity are glorious in their own way, and so are the devotees who have preferences for particular relationships or forms of Divinity.

The Bhagavatam is a practical guide for everything and everyone,  that’s why it’s being   presented to all people by Krishna in His form as Vyasadeva .  It applies to everyone and everyday living but also it describes trancendental living , although everything is spiritual in its own way . Thus, the Bhagavatam brings the peripherals of the Vedas  and the cor of it  together . We should not just present the cor , and neither should we just present the just  peripherals.

The expert Bhagavat ,the  personification of the Bhagavatam, knows the art of both the cor and peripherals .

Thus, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami’s society ISKCON has its footprints all over the world and is systematically bringing the understanding of all things spiritual as well as teaching how to use the material world,  its to be used in connection with Krishna in Krishna consciousness.

It’s not the technical society of ISKCON as such , but individuals within it , as well as those who are loosely connected to it , including those from other Gaudia Vaisnavas groups , who know what AC Bhavtivedanta Swami is doing , under the order of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja . This is why they all bow down before him , for his incalculable services to his Guru Maharaja and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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