Bhaktivinoda was an extremely controversial figure who deviated significantly from the Gauḍīya-Vaiṣṇava-siddhānta established by Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana.

We expose here all his lies, apasiddhāntas, aparādhas and speculations. While ISKCON and Gauḍīya Maṭha (IGM) followers revere him as a Gauḍīya-Vaiṣṇava ācārya, for the rest of the Gauḍīya-Vaishnava-sampradāya he remains largely irrelevant; his writings are mostly unread and unknown outside these circles.

Bhaktivinoda not only promulgated numerous controversial teachings that contradict the Bhāgavatam and the teachings of the six Gosvāmīs, but he also forged texts—claiming that he had merely discovered them and that they were authored by earlier ācāryas. He deliberately fabricated texts to lend authority to his own apasiddhāntas. Despite this, some continue to regard these works as “ancient and authentic scriptures,” even though it is proven that Bhaktivinoda is the true author.

Falsely attributing one’s own writings to previous ācāryas is a grave aparādha, exposing his deceptive nature. Nevertheless, within IGM he is celebrated as the “Seventh Gosvāmī.” All such claims are meticulously refuted in this book and substantiated with evidence from śāstra.

Topics Refuted in This Book & Bhaktivinoda’s Deviated Teachings:

1. Māyāpura is the birthplace of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2. The jīvas enter the material world to assume male bhāva (imitate Kṛṣṇa).
3. Bhakti or prema is dormant within the conditioned souls (Kalyāṇa Kalpataru)
4. Karma has a beginning.
5. Caste is by quality alone.
6. Śrīmad Bhāgavata is just 1000 yrs old (intro to Kṛṣṇa Samhita)
7. Nāmābhāsa is a stage of sādhana (Harināma Cintāmani)
8. Relativizing authority of śāstra (Kṛṣṇa Samhita)
9. Sandhini-, hlādinī- and samvit-śaktis have mundane counterparts, the perverted reflection-theory. (Daśa mūla tattva, Jaiva Dharma ch.14)
10. Muhammad and Moses are classified in rasas with Bhagavan
(From Moses to Mahaprabhu)
11. Sannyāsī can marry (Jaiva Dharma, ch.7)
12. There are rāgānugā-souls and vaidhi-souls that emanate from Baladeva and Sankarṣana respectively. (Jaiva Dharma)
13. There are two sectors in Goloka – one for Gaura and one for Kṛṣṇa. (Jaiva dharma ch.17)
14. Gaura and Kṛṣṇa are integrally the same – chanting Gaura is like chanting Kṛṣṇa. (Jaiva Dharma ch.14)
15. When the prāṇa-sakhīs attain sālokya along with the nitya priyas their pati bhāva towards Kṛṣṇa is contracted and turns into paramour feelings. (Jaiva Dharma ch.32)
16. The jīva comes from Brahman or a taṭastha region. (Jaiva Dharma)
17. The jīva has a predefined rasa with Kṛṣṇa and it is present within the jīva (Jaiva Dharma)
18. Acyutānanda is the only bonafide son of Advaita ācārya (Sajjan Tosani)
19. Brahman did not exist before Kṛṣṇa (Sajjan Tosani)
20. Seeking Brahman is material and temporary. (Jaiva Dharma, ch.4)
21. Practicing without preaching makes one kaniṣṭha adhikārī (Sajjan Tosani)
22. Interruption in harināma is aparādha (Harināma Cintāmani)
23. Attainment or bestowal of two different siddha svarūpas in Kṛṣṇa līlā (Jaiva Dharma ch. 21)
24. One way of worship is arcana mārga and the other bhajan mārga. In the path of arcana-mārga one worships Gaura-Viṣṇupriyā, and in the path of bhajana-mārga one worships Gaura-Gadādhara. (Jaiva Dharma)
25. Balarāma is jīva śakti (The Temple of Jagannatha at Puri)

And many more...