Six Goswamis
The six great renunciate scholar-saints Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sent to Vrindavana to excavate the lost holy places and systematize His teachings in scripture.
6 profiles
Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
Foremost in Renunciation Among the Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
c. 1494 (sources vary) – Traditionally 1586, Shukla Dvadasi of Ashvina (some sources place it a few years earlier)
7 pastime pages
Srila Rupa Gosvami
Foremost of the Six Gosvamis of Vrindavana, Architect of the Science of Devotional Rasa
c. 1489 (sources vary) – Traditionally 1564, Shravana Shukla Dvadashi
8 pastime pages
Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
The Goswami Whose Voice Made Srimad-Bhagavatam Sing
c. 1503-1505 (sources vary) – c. 1579 (some sources say 1580)
7 pastime pages
Srila Sanatana Gosvami
Eldest of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavana and the Ideal Spiritual Master
c. 1488, Bengal – Traditionally 1558
8 pastime pages
Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami
Compiler of the Hari-bhakti-vilasa and Discoverer of Sri Radha Raman
c. 1503 (traditionally the 13th day of the dark half of Pausha) – Traditionally 1578 (6th day of the dark half of Sravana), at about 75 years of age
6 pastime pages
Srila Jiva Goswami
Systematic Philosopher of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
Traditionally c. 1513 (sources disagree; some place it as early as 1511 and others as late as the 1530s) – Traditionally 1608 (some sources say 1598; the exact year is disputed)
7 pastime pages