The purpose of this collection of essays is to reconcile the statements of various great personalities concerning the eternal spiritual identity of the great rūpānuga-ācārya, paramapujyapāda nitya-līlā-praviṣṭhā oṁ viṣṇupāda 108 Śrī Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja.
Our ācāryas cannot have a fundamental difference of opinion about siddhānta. If sometimes it appears that they have different perspectives, then that distinction is only in terms of an apparent consideration (apara-vicāra), not the essential truth (tattva-vicāra). If an apparent controversy arises, it is the duty of the disciples to offer appropriate reconciliation…