Śrīla—a title indicating possession of exceptional spiritual qualities. The most beautiful (spiritual) person.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-S-›Srila-a title indicating Srila-a title indicating possession of exceptional spiritual qualities. The most beautiful (spiritual) person. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/s/srila-a-title-indicating-possession-of-exceptional-spiritual Previous: Srila Prabhupada-(1896-1977) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He is the tenth generation from Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The founder-acarya, spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Srila Prabhupada was the widely-acclaimed author of more than seventy books on the science of pure bhakti-yoga, unalloyed Krsna consciousness. His major works are annotated English translations of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, and the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. He was the world's most distinguished teacher of Vedic religion and thought. Srila Prabhupada was a fully God conscious saint who had perfect realization of the Vedic scriptures. He worked incessantly to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world. He guided his society and saw it grow to a worldwide confederation of hundreds of ashrams, schools, temples, institutes, and farm communities. See Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Next: Srimad-Bhagavatam-the foremost of the eighteen Puranas, the complete science of God that establishes the supreme position of Lord Krsna. It was glorified by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the amalam puranam, "the purest Purana." It was written by Srila Vyasadeva as his commentary on the Vedanta-sutra, and it deals exclusively with topics concerning the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Lord Krsna) and His devotees. Srila Prabhupada has given Bhaktivedanta purports in English and wonderfully presented it to the modern world, specifically to give a deep understanding of Lord Krsna; Also known as the Bhagavata Purana, this is a work of eighteen thousand verses compiled by sage Vyasa as his natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra. It takes up where the Bhagavad-gita leaves off. In Bg. 4.9, Lord Krsna says that by knowing His transcendental appearance and activities in this world, one becomes free of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Srimad-Bhagavatam recounts with great relish the details of the Lord's appearance and activities, beginning with His purusa incarnations and their lila of cosmic manifestation, and culminating with Krsna's own appearance in Vrndavana 5000 years ago, and His most sweet rasa-lila with the His cowherd girlfriends, the gopis headed by Radharani. See Bhagavad-gita, Caitanya-caritamrta, Vedanta-sutra.