by Mahaprabhu himself. Theological sources Gaudiya Vaishnava theology is prominently expounded by Jiva Goswami in his Sat-sandarbhas, six elaborate treatises on various aspects of God. Other prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava theologians are his uncles, Rupa Gosvami author of Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu and Sanatana Gosvami, author of Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Visvanatha Chakravarti author of Sri Camatkara-candrika and Baladeva Vidyabhushana, author of Govinda Bhashya, a famous commentary on Vedanta Sutra. Modern Gaudiya Vaishnava societies The strictly centralized form of church-type organization and the idea that one has to be an unconventional (uttama) spiritual master introduced by the reformer Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and his Gaudiya Math was not characteristic of the traditional Gaudiya Vaishnavism with its hereditary brahmins-goswamis and family teachers (kula gurus). And much of the Gaudiya Vaishnava community in India remained committed to the unreformed and loosely organized tradition. Many modern organisations are independent branches of the tree of the Gaudiya Math. Gaudiya Math and offshoots Gaudiya Mission established by Ananta Vasudev Prabhu alias Srila Bhakti Prasad Puri (1940) Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti established by Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (1940) Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math established by Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar (1941) International Society for Krishna Consciousness established by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1966) Science of Identity Foundation established by Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (1977) Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Trust established by Bhakti Hridaya Bon (1979) Sri Caitanya Sangha, a.k.a. Gaudiya Vaishnavite Society, established by Tripurari Swami (1985) The Vaishnava Foundation, established by Kailasa Candra dasa & Eric Johanson (1986) ISKCON Revival Movement (2000) Traditional Gaudiya societies Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana, established by Shrivatsa Goswami (1972) Many of branches of the Gaudiya Math (not all) are members of the World Vaisnava Association — Visva Vaisnava Raj Sabha (WVA–VVRS), which had been established in 1994 by some Gaudiya leaders. But and after this establushment, there is little real cooperation among Gaudiya organisations. Demography There are adherents of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in all strata of Indian society, but a tendency has been revealed, Bengali Vaishnavas belong to the lower middle castes ("middle class"), while the upper castes as well as lowest castes and tribes in Bengal are Shaktas. Offshoots of Gaudiya Vaishnavism There are Krishnaite gurus and groups who belong to the Chaitanya lineage, but actually separated from Gaudiya Vaishnavism, becoming new independent movements. Mahanam Sampraday, inspired by Prabhu Jagadbandhu See also 108 names of Krishna Achintya Bheda Abheda Bhagavata Cataphatic theology Gaudiya Math List of 21st-century religious leaders#Gaudiya Vaishnavism Manipuri Vaishnavism Turiya References