Jayapataka Swami: You see, Lord Caitanya’s movement continued to spread for about 200 years. But gradually, apasampradayas started to become prominent. There were 13 apasampradayas during the time of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, and basically no gentlemen would like the vaisnavas because they did all kinds of weird things. Like the Bouls, they said their body is a microcosm of Krsna. So they put stool on the tilak and things. They said everything the body produces is pure! So he reestablished Krsna consciousness in the proper way. And so, he brought respect and he also went against the various apasampradayas. Then he reestablished the namahatta and he was very well organized. Namahatta was having sectors, sector leaders, district leaders, state leaders. So he had a very systematic way of preaching namahatta. I tried to write some of that in the GaudrumaKalpaTavi.
21-June-2020 SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA