The Six Gosvamis of Vrindavan consist of; the brothers Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami, their nephew Jiva Gosvami, Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. They all studied Vaishnava Theology and were prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava acharyas and close followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He sent them to Vrindavana (Vrindavan) with instruction to recover the holy places connected to Krishna-lila, build temples and write scriptures. These scriptures form the basis of Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology. Vaishnava Theology is the theological discourse concerning the Hindu deity Vishnu and/or one of His avatar. ... Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. ... An acharya is a prominent guru, teacher and scholar who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit achara, behavior). ... Deities of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (right) and Sri Nityananda (left) at Radha-Krishna temple in Radhadesh, Belgium Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Chaitanya) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal, India (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh). ... Vrindavana is the name of a mythic forest or forested region in Northern India, in which the Hindu deity Krishna spent his childhood. ... Vrindavan, in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh is a town on the site of the original forest of Vrindavana. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology, is a type of Vaishnava Theology that began with Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534), a Bengali Vaishnava sadhu. ...

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• Rupa Gosvami
• Sanatana Gosvami
• Jiva Gosvami
• Gopala Bhatta Gosvami
• Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
• Raghunatha dasa Gosvami
• Gosvami chronology
• Sad-goswamy-astaka ("Eight Prayers to the Six Goswamis") by Srinivasa Acharya - text
• Sad-goswamy-astaka, sung by Jaya Gurudeva dasa, MP3