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                             Foreword



        As if influenced by the worldwide dominance of śūdra
        culture, very few Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas today have even an
        inkling of the tremendous scholarly heritage to which
        they  are  heirs.  And  even  if  informed  of  it,  very  few
        take interest, as if it has nothing to do with them. But
        factually,  service  to  the  literary  contributions  of  the
        previous ācāryas is a major area of devotional service
        that  if  neglected  by  the  whole  Vaiṣṇava  community
        constitutes a collective offense known as guror avajñā,
        neglecting the gurus.

        There is practically unlimited work to do in collecting,
        preserving, reproducing, translating, and commenting
        on  old  manuscripts,  and  in  many  other  scholarly
        fields also. It is regrettable that much of the Vaiṣṇava
        world  today  is  more  inclined  toward  adapting
        Kṛṣṇa  consciousness  to  mleccha  society  rather  than
        understanding  and  embracing  our  own  glorious  and
        fully spiritual tradition.
        Symptomatic of this is that despite the ongoing massive
        recruitment achievements of Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedanta
        Swami Prabhupāda and his followers, only a very few
        within  his  community  have  shown  serious  interest
        in  Vaiṣṇava  scholarship  –  and  most  of  those  few
        have  opted  to  pander  to  the  largely  agnostic  secular
        academia. Hence appreciation is due to Bhakta Demian

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