For over a century, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has been revered within ISKCON and the Gauḍīya Maṭh as a spotless teacher and divine reformer. Yet what if some of the scriptures attributed to ancient saints were, in fact, written by Bhaktivinoda himself?

This book confronts one of the most sensitive questions in modern Gauḍīya history — the possibility of pseudepigraphy: composing works under the name of revered predecessors. Through textual and historical analysis, the author examines three controversial works — Chaitanya Upaniṣad, Navadvīpa Śataka, and Prema Vivarta — and asks whether they may have been authored by Bhaktivinoda rather than the figures to whom they are traditionally ascribed.

Far from being a work of defamation, this study calls for intellectual honesty and spiritual courage. It explores how institutional religion often reacts to critical inquiry with defensiveness and dogma, warning followers not to “learn too much” or question sacred authority. The author argues that true faith need not fear evidence — and that philosophy, if it is genuine, must harmonize both reason and revelation.

Drawing upon the writings of respected scholars and insiders of the Gauḍīya tradition, including Śrīla B.R. Śrīdhar Mahārāja and Professor Biman Bihari Majumdar, this book invites readers to reexamine long-accepted narratives about authorship, authority, and the evolution of Gauḍīya thought.

Courageous, scholarly, and uncompromising, this work is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complex legacy of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and the historical development of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava movement.