The Companions of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Born in 1909, Dr, O. B. L. Kapoor had strong leanings towards the Advaitic philosophy of Sankara. In August 1931, when he was working as a research scholar in the University of Allahabad, he met his guru Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada, who pulled him out of his Advaitic moorings and intiated him into Bhakti. On his advice and under his close supervision he wrote a thesis on the Philosophy of Sri Caitanya. The thesis was approved by the Allahabad University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Kapoor has the unique distinction of being the first Doctor of Philosophy of this prestigious University.

He worked as Research fellow at the Indian Institute of Philosophy, D. Litt. Scholar, University of Allahabad, and Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, B. R. College, Agra till 1951, after which he joined U. P. Educational Service Class I and worked as Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the K. N. Govt. College, Gyanpur (Varanasi) and Principal, Govt. College, Gyanpur/Rampur till his retirement in 1967. Since 1967 he has been living in Vrndavana and writing books and articles in Hindi and English on topic relating to Bhakti. He has written more than 30 books and a large number of articles, published in different journals. His writing have been widely appreciated.