Doctrines of Pushtibhaktimarga: A True representation of the views of Sri Vallabhacharya: In the context of Maharaj Libel Case

Sharad Goswami · Maitri Goswami · Dhawal Patel · Utkarsh Sharma · Umang Shirodariya · Ami Bhatt · Pratyush Mehrishi

Apr 2021 · Shree Vallabhacharya Trust, Mandvi - Kutch

About this ebook

This book focuses on demystifying the mis-conceptions regarding the true and essential characteristics of Pushtimarga in light of the allegations presented in the court during the Maharaj Libel case of 1862 A.D. A lot of books, articles and materials were published on the Maharaj Libel case in past but unfortunately, none of them presented an unprejudiced, unbiased, fair and honest perspective based on the true principles of Pushtimarg as per the founding preceptor - Sri Vallabhacharya. The book presents the honest interpretation of the core principles of Pushtimarg as per the doctrines of Sri Vallabhacharya. The book critically analyzes the arguments presented in the court proceedings, validates them by investigating the facts based on honest interpretation of the core principles of Pushtimarg. The book takes a wholistic approach and presents a broader perspective of analyzing it based on the socio-political affiliations of the actors affiliated with the case, enlists all the myths related to Pushtimarg and debunks them. Although the original title of the book was "Doctrines of Pushtibhaktimarga: Allegations, Conspiracies and Facts (In the context of the Maharaj Libel case", we thought a renewed title was needed to clarify our intention which in reality was to analyze the Maharaj Libel case in light of the true representation of the principles of Pushtimarga as per Sri Vallabhacharya.

Ratings and reviews

A well researched and well presented work by dedicated team of Vallabhkul and Vaishnavas. I congratulate the team for their work. I think every pushtimargiya vaishnav must read this book and preserve it for the future generations. On the other hand, the language could've been simpler so as to be read by majority of vaishnavas. Congratulations once again to the team. Vijayate ShriVitthalesh Prabhu

Congratulations to all the team members for explaining the misconceptions and presenting the true principles of Pushtimarg. Very well researched, organized and systematically written by a dedicated team of true followers of Pushtimarg. Very important for Pushtimargiya followers to read this book and understand the importance of learning the core principles of Pushtimarg as per the doctrines of Sri Vallabhacharya. This will help to bring awareness and encourage followers to study true principles of Pushtimarg. Once again, kudos to the whole team for presenting the facts.

The book according to me is a must read for all the Vaishnavas of the Vallabh Sampraday, as by using the libel case as the base the doctorines of the sampradaya are explained in a great manner, which gives some light and a good amount of understanding to the readers that what the basic and core ideology of Pushtimarga is. The book does help in understanding the principles in a structured way too as there is tremendous amount of literature one may sometimes feel lost, but the book does provide a light at the beginner level. There are too many misconceptions running among the present day disciples which could be corrected too to a great extent by reading the book. The libel case as conveyed in book, has always been a topic of discussion in the sampradaay itself among indian writers and also in the west, since there was only one perspective of it available it was hard to know the truth and had to be accepted as depicted by various authors. Now since the book has been written, the case and the allegations on the doctrines of sampraday and Acharyas seem to be answered and proven wrong. So this in a way is a slap on the face of some modern writers who without any knowledge of the Vedic Religion and thereupon it’s system and sects criticise Pushtimarg. It should always be remembered that there are always two sides of a coin, and upon seeing only one side one cannot come to any conclusion. The historical facet of the book is very beautiful, the research is great and also the siddhantas presented and the citations would have required great amount of efforts, so hats off to the authors and the team for giving us such a great book.

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