Steven Rosen's work admirably combines personal commitment with research into original sources. The Six Goswamis were crucial to the theological development of Chaitanya's devotional movement, and this series of biographical sketches makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the backgrounds they brought to this task.
By presenting a handy conspectus of accounts relating to the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan, this book will help English-speaking readers understand what these men are held to have achieved and why they have been so venerated. It is the latest entry in a tradition of Indian hagiography that is centuries old, and notable for being composed by an American living in New York.