All glory to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga Golden Staircase
Practical steps on
the path of devotional service-life fulfilment
Compiled from informal discourses given between
1981 and 1985 by
Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
Founder-Āchārya of Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh,
Nabadwīp, India
Published under the auspices of the President-Āchārya
Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
Transcribed and Presented by
Śrīpād B.S. Tridaṇḍī Mahārāj
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
© Copyright 1994 Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
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The editors would like to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to the following devotees for their help with production of this publication and with the necessary funds: Jñānānanda Prabhu, Vinod Bihārī Prabhu, Śrī Ṛṣabhadev Prabhu, Śrī Alwarnāth Vanachārī, Śrī Narahari Dās, Śrī Vidyānanda Prabhu, Śrī Chidānanda Prabhu, Śrī Mathurānāth Prabhu, Śrī Adhīrendra Prabhu, Śrī Braja Bihārī Prabhu, Śrī Bhakta Bandhu Prabhu, Śrī Jagadānanda Prabhu, Śrīmatī Devamayī Devī Dāsi, Śrīmatī Dikṣāvatī Devī Dāsī, Śrīmatī Śrī Lekhā Devī Dāsī, Śrīmatī Tilak Devī Dāsī. We would also like to give special thanks to Śrīpād B.A. Sāgar Mahārāj for his invaluable help with the final revision and editing of The Golden Staircase.