Quotes by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura celebrated kīrtana — the congregational singing of the holy names and glorification of the Lord — as the supreme sādhana for the age of Kali and the very heartbeat of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission. He also wrote extensively on what kīrtana is not — warning against the commercialisation of nāma, the imitation of devotional symptoms, and the degraded singing of rasa-kīrtana by the unqualified. The quotes collected here are drawn from his books, articles and songs, with links to the full source for deeper reading.
