What Gaudiya Math is doing? (Part 1)

Written by Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda - Paramahaṁsa Jagad-Guru

First published by VISHWA-VAISHNAVA-RAJA-SABHA in the 1930's

For the Seekers of Gaurasundara's Selected Ones

Once, being asked by a young man in Delhi, "Why do you claim that Śri Gauḍīya Maṭh is the only way to God? Is there no other way at all?" Śrīla Prabhupād, the illustrious Founder and Ācārya of Śrī Caitanya Maṭh and its world-wide affiliated branches Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭhs, replied, "Do you think that there is any other pathway to God, than the association of those, whom Godhead Himself has selected for His Service?"

We have purposefully left the names and locations of Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭhs mentioned in this booklet, first printed during Śrīla Prabhupāda's manifested pastimes, unchanged—without substituting them with the names and locations of any contemporary Missions, originating from Śrī Caitanya Maṭh. Let the faithful reader decide for himself where is Śri Gauḍīya Maṭh nowadays, taking guidance from the characteristics; given in this holy booklet. Signboards may not direct one to Śri Gauḍīya Maṭh. Praying for the grace of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nityānanda to be saved from fault-finding propensities, we should look on words and deeds, and even deeper, examine intentions, to discover where is Śri Gauḍīya Maṭh—the Home of our Gurus. One truth gives hope to our search—that the aim and methods of Śri Gauḍīya Maṭh have not changed and nor will they ever.

(To be continued...)