Lives of Vaishnava Saints

Shrinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, Shyamananda Pandit By Steven Rosen, Pages 204, Hardbound

Compiled by Sri Nabha Gosvami with commentary by Sri Priyadasa, Translated by Bhumipati Dasa, Edited by Purnaprajna Dasa, Pages 444, Hardbound

Compiled By Purnaprajna Das,Pages 146, Hardbound

Compiled By Naimisaranya Das, With Illustration By Ananta Sakti Das,

By Sitala Dasi, Pages 277, Hradbound

By Steven Rosen, Foreword by Noroin J. Hein, Pages 224

Five hundred years ago, as the Renaissance flourished in Europe, the revolutionary spiritual movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was challenging the assumptions of materialistic society in India. As both a recluse and frontline preacher of that sacred mission, Srila Haridasa Thakura (a Muslim by birth) was one of the first Vaisnavas to bear the brunt of the sometimes violent reaction of an entrenched Hindu and Muslim society. This book offers an insight into the exceptional life, divine qualities, spiritual ecstasies and secret identity of Srila Haridasa Thakura - the saint whom Lord Caitanya Himself awarded the title of Namacarya: one who perfectly teaches, by example, the chanting of the holy names of God.

Prema Vilasa, is one of the several histories that were written by Gaudiya Vaisnavas just after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.