The branches of a tree all look slightly different but nevertheless are connected to the trunk, on each branch many leaves are growing each an individual in their own right , Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas connected to the trunk of the Gaudia Vaisnava param para each are like the branches of the tree and their followers are like the leaves , individual expressions bring pleasure to Krishna, its not that everything is one but one and different, but the trunk of the Caitanya tree must be connected to , and to do that the branches and leaves are predominantly nourished by the instructions of Srila Rupa and Ragganatha das Goswami’s, as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja has said.
The Core View of the Chaitanya Tree
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu form the root and main trunk of the tree of devotion (bhakti). The branches spread across Bengal, Orissa, and India through authorized followers who maintained the pure philosophical conclusion (siddhanta) of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva (inconceivable simultaneous oneness and difference). In his purports (such as Caitanya-caritamrta and Srimad-Bhagavatam), Srila Prabhupada notes that over time, some unauthorized or pseudo-sects (sahajiyas, caste goswamis, or deviated factions) tried to exploit or misrepresent Lord Chaitanya’s movement. To revive the genuine tree, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura envisioned a global mission, and his son, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, organized the Gaudiya Math with sixty-four branches to preach pure Krishna consciousness , Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada under the directions of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja took Krishna consciousness world wide .
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