Shyam Manohar Goswami

Shyam Manohar Goswami (IAST: Śyāma Manohara Gosvāmī, Hindi: श्याम मनोहर गोस्वामी, Gujarati: શ્યામ મનોહર ગોસ્વામી) also known as Shyamu Bava (IAST: Śyāmu Bāvā, Hindi: श्यामु बावा, Gujarati: શ્યામુ બાવા), is the 16th descendant of Shri Vallabha Acharya, sanskritists, philosopher, spiritual leader, active reformer & guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism.

He belongs to the first house of the Pushtimarg. His ancestral lineage had settled in Kishangarh by the eighteenth century, and by the nineteeth century his family had moved to Mumbai. He is considered one of the most prominent living theologians of the Vallabha family. He does not maintain a large retinue like other goswamis nor does he travel widely to preach sermons. Since the 1980s he has refused to worship at any of the public Pushtmarg temples (including Shrinathji's in Nathdwara), and orders his disciples to do the same. Shyam Manohar Goswami's opinions on temples and vittajā sevā (financial donations) are generally opposed by other goswamis, and in 1992 he debated Goswami Hariray in the Puṣṭi Siddhānt Carcā Sabhā.

Academia & Research


He was the lecturer on Vallabh Vedanta at the 91st session of the Indian philosophical congress held in February 2017 at the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Pandit Jasraj has done extensive research in Haveli Sangeet under Shyam Manohar Goswami to create numerous innovative bandish (composition).

Books

 * Mahāprabhu Śrī Vallabhācārya, Sanskrit, 1995
 * Puṣṭividhānam, Sanskrit, 1995
 * Prasthānaratnākaraḥ, Sanskrit, 1999
 * Anyākhyativadya vidvatsaṅgoṣṭhī, Sanskrit, 2002
 * ́Srīmadvallabhamahāprabhustotrāṇi, Sanskrit, 2005
 * Srīpuruṣottamapratiṣṭhāprakāraḥ, Hindi, 2005
 * Adhunik nyāyapraṇālī aura pushṭimārgīya sādhanāpraṇālī kā āpasī ṭakarāva, Hindi, 2006
 * Gr̥hasevā aura Vrajalīlā, Hindi, 2006
 * Vallabhvedanta nibandha saṅgraha, Hindi, 2006
 * Pratyakṣapramā : vidvatsaṅgoṣṭhī, Sanskrit, 2007
 * Vādāvalī : Brahmavādapramukhānām anekavādānāṃ saṅkalanarūpa, Sanskrit, 2008
 * Viśodhanikā, Hindi, 2008
 * Brahmavāda : Vādāvalī sampādakīya, Hindi, 2008
 * Pushti Siddhant Achariya Sabha, Gujarati, 1992
 * Balkrishna Granthvali, Gujarati, 1999
 * Bhagvatseva no Suddh Prakar, Gujarati, Hindu Samvatsara 2050
 * Seva kaumudi, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2064
 * Pushti Bhakti Tatha Sharnagati Mai Fal, Hindu Samvatsara 2068
 * Purusharth Vyavastha – Dharm Arth Kaam Moksh, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2068
 * Anubhashya nu Adhyayan, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2068
 * Navratna Updesh Manas Shastriya Vishleshan, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2069
 * Ahankar Mimamsa, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2070
 * Ahankar Mimamsa Dwitiya, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2070
 * Kapil Geeta Anubhashya, Gujarati, Hindu Samvatsara 2070
 * Lagu Granth Sangraha, Hindi, Hindu Samvatsara 2070
 * Geeta Sankshep, Gujarati, Hindu Samvatsara 2072
 * Sharnagati Vichargosthi, Gujarati
 * Ras Drashti ni Tarfenma, Gujarati
 * Pushtimargiya Peethadheesh, Gujarati
 * Amrit Nu Achman, Gujarati
 * Dharm Arth Kaam Moksh ni Pushtimargiya Vivechana, Gujarati
 * Bhakti Vardhini Keshod Pravachan Ansh, Gujarati
 * Bhaktivardhini Vakhyata, Gujarati
 * Chirkut Charcha Samiksha, Hindi
 * Dharm Arth Kaam Moksh ki Pushtimargiya Vivechana, Hindi
 * Shri Damodardasji – Shri Krushnadas Meghanji – Vaarta Vivechan, Hindi
 * Paschimi Darshan Rooprekha, Hindi
 * Siddhantvachanavali Gurjar Bhasha Bhavanuvad Sahit, Gujarati
 * Amrut Vachanavali, Gujarati

Articles

 * Brahmavaadi Sahishnuta, Hindi
 * Vaishnavi Aastha Pratham, Gujarati
 * Vaishnavi Aastha Dwitiya, Gujarati
 * Multiplex Concepts of Yoga, English

Book Edits

 * Avataravadavali
 * Pustividhanam