Guru the universal teacher

Swami B. P. Puri (1898–1999), born in Ganganandapur in Jessore district (present-day Bangladesh) on October 19, 1898, dedicated his life, spanning over a century, to the service of his guru and is the founder Acharya of the Gopinath Gaudiya Math. His writings reflect the disciplined eye of a scholar who expresses profound scriptural conclusions with grace and directness. He taught and exemplified the spiritual concepts of pure devotion, or Krishna bhakti, as expressed within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.