The ancient creed of devotion to Lord Krishna, as inculcated by Sri Caitanya in the 16th century, and famous these days as the world wide Hare Krishna Movement, was almost extinct in 19th century India and was generally considered the religion of immoral beggars by those who knew anything of it. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura restored the worship of Krishna to its proper, central place in the lives of cultured Indians practically single-handedly, and sowed the seeds of its propogation throughout all the nations of the world. The Seventh Goswami sheds light on the extraordinary spiritual career of a religious reformer of immense stature, who, until now, has received little, if any, notice in the West. Yet Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is the grandfather of the Hare Krishna Movement, the author of a hundred unequalled books on devotion to Krishna, and a man who gave himself unstintingly to the betterment of mankind. This book is his first full-length biography in the English language.