Śrī Gaurī Dāsa Paṇḍita

Gaurī Dāsa possessed the highest order of loving devotion. He had a great ability to deliver and receive kṛṣṇa-prema. He surrendered everything he had, including his own clan, to Nityānanda Prabhu and made Caitanya-Nityānanda the masters of his life and soul.

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s feet are my only possession. They are my devotional practice, my worship. They are the treasure of my life; they are my ornament, the life of my life.

On the Disappearance of Rupa Goswami and Gauri Das Pandit

Just as the Lord enlightened the heart of Lord Brahma with the truths about His own self, so did Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu eagerly impregnate the heart of Rupa Goswami with spiritual potency so that he could revive Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes which had almost been lost to memory due to the influence of time. The Lord explained the rasa-shastra to Rupa Goswami.

Sri Rupa Shiksha - The Teachings Imparted to Rupa Goswami

Through Rupa Goswami, Mahaprabhu taught the world about Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes and the process for attaining Vraja-prema. The Lord explained the rasa-shastra to Rupa Goswami, in a way He did no other person, for Rupa Goswami was the dear friend of Swarupa Damodar. His true identity was that of the Lord’s beloved, his nature was that of divine love itself, and he was also possessed of natural physical beauty.