A Summary of Srila Prabhupada’s Miraculous Accomplishments from 1965 to 1977 In 1965, at seventy years of age, he ventured outside India for the first time to fulfill the order of his spiritual master. During his voyage at sea, he suffered two severe heart attacks. He reached the shores of America with the equivalent of seven dollars to his name. He founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness with a small group of disciples, after a year of struggling alone in New York City. This marked the only time in history that a Krishna devotee successfully trained non-Indians in the strict disciplines of Vaishnavism. Amazingly, this was achieved during the blossoming of America’s hedonistic counterculture movement. He sent his followers, chanting the names of God, into the streets of cities and towns everywhere and Hare Krishna became famous in every corner of the earth. He sent his disciples to London, where they recorded the single, “Hare Krishna Mantra”, with George Harrison, in 1969. It became the fastest selling of all the Apple Corporation’s releases, including those of the Beatles. The record reached #3 in Czechoslovakia, #9 in Britain, and made the top ten in Germany, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Yugoslavia, and many other countries. He formally initiated approximately five thousand disciples. These initiates represented a sweeping diversity of nationalities, races, ethnicities, and religious backgrounds. He established 108 Krishna temples on six continents, installed the deity of Krishna in each center and trained his disciples in the process of deity worship. Thirty-two new temples (almost three a month) were opened in a single year, between 1970 and 1971. He inaugurated the Rathayatra Festival of Lord Jagannatha in major cities around the globe, in effect, bringing the temple to the people. He instituted the brahmacharini ashram, something previously unheard of in Vedic culture, to give shelter to single women wishing to practice Krishna consciousness. He instructed his disciples in 1967 to start an incense business to provide financial support for the temples. Within four years the business, Spiritual Sky Incense, generated annual revenue of one million dollars. He introduced the “Sunday Love Feast” and other prasadam (sanctified food) distribution programs that provided millions of free meals to the public. He created the world’s first chain of vegetarian restaurants. He spoke daily on the philosophy of Krishna consciousness, delivering thousands of formal lectures. Over 2,200 were recorded and archived. He conducted many hundreds of informal conversations on the science of Krishna consciousness with disciples, guests and friends. Over 1,300 were recorded and archived. He had scores of interviews and philosophical discussions with news reporters, scientists, religious leaders and politicians, as well as meetings with world-renowned dignitaries and celebrities like Indira Gandhi, Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Alice Coltrane, John Lennon and George Harrison. He recorded more than twenty albums of devotional music. He published the monthly magazine, Back to Godhead, which he called the backbone of his movement. At the height of its circulation in the mid seventies, over a million copies per issue were sold. He launched the ISKCON Life Membership Program that enrolled tens of thousands of members. He built major temples in Bombay and Vrindavana, and founded a spiritual city at Mayapur. All became international sites of pilgrimage. He established primary schools to provide education in the principles of devotional service. He founded the Bhaktivedanta Institute to advance Krishna consciousness within the scientific community, engaging serious academics in the consideration of the science of self-realization. He formed the Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust to unearth and renovate the holy places of Lord Chaitanya’s pastimes. He set up farm communities to teach “simple living and high thinking”, emphasizing cow protection and dependence on God and nature. He commissioned his artist disciples to produce hundreds of illustrations of Krishna’s pastimes based on his meticulous instructions and the descriptions in his books. He directed some of his followers to learn the Indian art of “doll making” to present Vedic philosophy through dioramas. This project became the FATE Museums. He counseled his disciples on complex managerial, philosophical and personal issues in more than 6,000 archived letters. He was the subject of more than 30,000 archival photos and more than seventy hours of documentary film footage. He wrote approximately seventy books on the science of Krishna consciousness, sleeping only a few hours per day. Dozens of prominent scholars and educators from leading universities praised his work (see appendix). The Encyclopaedia Britannica proclaimed that his voluminous translations from the original Sanskrit and his lucid commentaries “have astounded literary and academic communities worldwide.” This feat is even more astonishing considering the translations and commentaries were in English, which was a second language to the author. He founded the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) in 1972, to produce his books. By 1976, over 55,000,000 literatures had been published in twenty-five languages and distributed in almost every country, making the BBT the world’s largest publisher of Indian religious and philosophical texts. One printing alone of Bhagavad-gita As It Is required seventy-six train cars to ship the paper needed to print it. He completed the entire Chaitanya-Charitamrita manuscript (seventeen volumes) in eighteen months. He ordered and supervised the BBT in publishing seventeen volumes of his books in only two months time, in 1974. He circled the globe fourteen times, visiting twenty-four countries, preaching, inspiring his followers and making countless public appearances before multitudes of people. He skillfully managed his international society simply through letters and personal meetings, virtually without the use of a telephone. In accomplishing all the above, he also fulfilled the following: 1. idam sthanam parityajya videsam gamyate maya I will leave this place [Vrindavana] and travel to foreign lands... - Bhakti Devi speaking to Narada, Srimad Bhagavata Mahatmyam (Padmapurana, Uttarakhanda) translated by Sri Satyanarayana Dasa [The Srimad Bhagavata Mahatmyam (The Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam) is a section of the Padmapurana. It tells the story of how Bhakti can be revived in Kali yuga through recital of Srimad Bhagavatam. When Srila Prabhupada left Vrindavana and came to America, it is significant that his only possession was a trunk containing the first volumes of his Srimad Bhagavatam, which he considered his most important work. It is also significant that he instituted daily recitation of the Bhagavatam as the foundation of the temple program, and that Srimad Bhagavatam (in the form of Krishna Book) was the first of Srila Prabhupada’s books to be distributed in large quantities. Until Srila Prabhupada came west, devotional service (Bhakti) had never been successfully introduced in foreign lands.] 2. krsne sva-dhamopagate dharma-jnanadibhih saha kalau nasta-drsam esa puranarko dhunoditah This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get light from this Purana. - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.43 3. (Lord Chaitanya speaking of the reasons for His descent): ebe nama sankirtana tikshna khadaga laiya antara asura jivera phelibe katiya Taking the sharp sword of the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, (nama-sankirtana) I will root out & destroy the demoniac mentality in the hearts of all the conditioned souls. yadi papi chadi dharma dure dese yaya mora senapati-bhakta yaibe tathaya If some sinful people escape and giving up religious principles go to far off countries, then my Senapati Bhakta will come at that time to give them Krishna consciousness. (Senapati - a military field commander, bhakta - a devotee. Lord Chaitanya will empower His own devotee to spread Krishna Consciousness around the world.) - Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Mangala, Sutra-Khanda by Lochana das Thakura 4. prthivite ache yata nagaradi grama sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama In every town and village, the chanting of My name will be heard. - Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya-Bhagavata, Antya 4.126 5 Very soon the unparalleled path of hari-nama sankirtana will be propagated all over the world…Oh, for that day when the fortunate English, French, Russian, German, and American people will take up banners, mridangas, and karatalas and raise kirtana through their streets and towns! When will that day come? - Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Sajjana Tosani 4.3, Nityadharma Suryodoy, 1885 6. Prabhupada: Just like Thakura Bhaktivinoda. In 1896 he sent the Chaitanya Mahaprabhus message to McGill University. That book you have seen. The letter was there. And these are coincidence. Now, after so many years, a servant of that disciplic succession has come here again to preach. So these things are significant. - Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita, Adi-lila 7.149-171 San Francisco, March 18, 1967 Prabhupada: ..in 1896. Bhaktivinoda Thakura was the first origin of this movement. But he simply thought of it. And he was expecting some others to take up the work. Well, somebody says that I am the same man. And I was born in 1896. - Room Conversation with Canadian Ambassador to Iran Iran, March 13, 1975 7. Anyway please try to save temple of Jiva Goswami because in very near future many people from all parts of the world will come to see the Temple and Samadhi of Jiva Goswami and Rupa Goswami. - Letter to Nripen Babu San Francisco, March 18, 1967 8. & 9. Prabhupada: And in my horoscope there was written there, After seventieth year this man will go outside India and establish so many temples. Tamala Krishna: Really? Prabhupada: I could not understand. What is this, that I have to go outside India? That is not... And Guru Maharaja foretold. He told my God brothers, Sridhara Maharaja and others, that Hell do the needful when time comes. Nobody requires to help him. He told in 1935. And after all, this was true. Guru Maharaja told. And in the beginning, first sight, he told, You have to do this. - Room Conversation Vrindavana, June 17, 1977 10. He (Srila Prabhupada) seemed to know that he would have temples filled up with devotees. He would look out and say, I am not a poor man, I am rich. There are temples and books, they are existing, they are there, but the time is separating us from them. - Mr. Ruben, subway conductor who met Prabhupada in 1965 Fulfillment of these prophecies was also confirmed by Srila Prabhupada’s God brothers: This return back to homeland of Srila Prabhupada, is particularly significant, because this time he comes back with a host of his western disciples. This signifies to me the meeting of the East and the West, or at least the beginning of such a meeting. This signifies the victory of spiritualism over materialism, of good over evil. This is really a rare moment in history, for the first time in the history of the world, for the first time at least in living memory, Vaishnavism, the message of Vaishnavism, the message of Mahaprabhu, the message of devotion and of pure devotion has been carried to the west and carried so successfully. I am sure that historians of the future will have a lot to say about Prabhupada and his movement, and they will be even envious of us for living in a time when this movement was begun and for participating in it. - Introduction Speech By Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor Vrindavana, October 15, 1972 And what about the qualities he had? All devotional qualities he possesses. And that we can know him that he is great only by preaching. Less than 10 years. There is no history, no recording anywhere. Preaching in 10 years he has established this divine name everywhere. As is told in Mahaprabhu’s future [prediction]. - His Holiness B.V. Puri Maharaj ITV, Memories of Srila Prabhupada Sripada Sridhara Maharaja also appreciated my service. He said that Chaitanya Mahaprabhus prediction: prthivite ache yata nagaradi grama/ sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama, would remain a dream only, but he congratulated me that I have done it practically. - Srila Prabhupada letter to Bon Maharaja Evanston, Illinois, July 7, 1975 Any one of the feats mentioned above would be a significant feather in anyone’s cap—even if it were the only thing a person accomplished in a lifetime. That Srila Prabhupada did all these things in just twelve years, and fulfilled so many predictions of sastra, great devotees, acharyas and astrologers, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, is patent validation of his inimitable role in Vaishnava history. By his efforts, uncountable millions have read about Krishna, honored Krishna prasadam, and heard and chanted the maha mantra. Through his teachings, he continues to relieve humanity from the maladies spawned by doctrines of monism and voidism, while holding open the door of Krishna bhakti for many generations to come. Let us recognize and remember his unprecedented contributions and strive to bring him honor throughout the world. Devotee: Prabhupada, they said that if Chaitanya Mahaprabhu wanted Krishna consciousness in the Western countries, why didnt He go there Himself? Thats what they told us. Prabhupada: So He left the credit for me. (laughter) - Morning Walk Nellore, January 4, 1976 All glories to Om Visnu-pada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Astotarra-sata Sri Srimad His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada! Appendix Books by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada . Bhagavad-gita As It Is Srimad-Bhagavatam, cantos 1-10, (29 vols.) Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita (17 vols) Teachings of Lord Chaitanya The Nectar of Devotion Sri Isopanisad Easy Journey to Other Planets Krishna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (3 vols.) Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers Dialectical Spiritualism -- A Vedic View of Western Philosophy Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahuti Transcendental Teachings of Prahlad Maharaja Teachings of Queen Kunti Krishna, the Reservoir of Pleasure The Science of Self-Realization The Path of Perfection Life Comes From Life The Perfection of Yoga Beyond Birth and Death On the Way to Krishna Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge Elevation to Krishna Consciousness Krishna Consciousness: The Matchless Gift Scholars Review Srila Prabhupadas Books Bhagavad-gita As It Is No work in all Indian literature is more quoted, because none is better loved, in the West, than the Bhagavad-gita. Translation of such a work demands not only knowledge of Sanskrit, but an inward sympathy with the theme and a verbal artistry. For the poem is a symphony in which God is seen in all things. The Swami does a real service for students by investing the beloved Indian epic with fresh meaning. Whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful for the labor that has lead to this illuminating work. - Dr. Geddes Macgregor, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of Southern California The Gita can be seen as the main literary support for the great religious civilization of India, the oldest surviving culture in the world. The present translation and commentary is another manifestation of the permanent living importance of the Gita. - Thomas Merton, Theologian I am most impressed with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupadas scholarly and authoritative edition of Bhagavad-gita. It is a most valuable work for the scholar as well as the layman and is of great utility as a reference book as well as a textbook. I promptly recommend this edition to my students. It is a beautifully done book. - Dr. Samuel D. Atkins, Professor of Sanskrit Princeton University As a successor in direct line from Chaitanya, the author of Bhagavad-gita As It Is is entitled, according to Indian custom, to the majestic title of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The great interest that his reading of the Bhagavad-gita holds for us is that it offers us an authorized interpretation according to the principles of the Chaitanya tradition. - Olivier Lacombe, Professor of Sanskrit and Indology Sorbonne University, Paris I have had the opportunity of examining several volumes published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and have found them to be of excellent quality and of great value for use in college classes on Indian religions. This is particularly true of the BBT edition and translation of the Bhagavad-gita. - Dr. Frederick B. Underwood, Professor of Religion Columbia University If truth is what works, as Pierce and the pragmatists insist, there must be a kind of truth in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, since those who follow its teachings display a joyous serenity usually missing in the bleak and strident lives of contemporary people. - Dr. Elwin H. Powell, Professor of Sociology State University of New York, Buffalo There is little question that this edition is one of the best books available on the Gita and devotion. Prabhupadas translation is an ideal blend of literal accuracy and religious insight. - Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins, Professor of Religion Franklin and Marshall College The Bhagavad-gita, one of the great spiritual texts, is not as yet a common part of our cultural milieu. This is probably less because it is alien per se than because we have lacked just the kind of close interpretative commentary upon it that Swami Bhaktivedanta has here provided, a commentary written from not only a scholars but a practitioners, a dedicated lifelong devotees point of view. - Denise Levertov, Poet The increasing numbers of Western readers interested in classical Vedic thought have been done a service by Swami Bhaktivedanta. By bringing us a new and living interpretation of a text already known to many, he has increased our understanding many fold. - Dr. Edward C Dimock, Jr. Department of South Asian Languages and Civilization University of Chicago The scholarly world is again indebted to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Although Bhagavad-gita has been translated many times, Prabhupada adds a translation of singular importance with his commentary. - Dr. J. Stillson Judah Professor of the History of Religions and Director of Libraries Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California Srila Prabhupadas edition thus fills a sensitive gap in France, where many hope to become familiar with traditional Indian thought, beyond the commercial East-West hodgepodge that has arisen since the time Europeans first penetrated India. Whether the reader be an adept of Indian spiritualism or not, a reading of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is will be extremely profitable. For many this will be the first contact with the true India, the ancient India, the eternal India. - Francois Chenique, Professor of Religious Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Paris, France As a native of India now living in the West, it has given me much grief to see so many of my fellow countrymen coming to the West in the role of gurus and spiritual leaders. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publication of Bhagavad-gita As It Is by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It will help to stop the terrible cheating of false and unauthorized gurus and yogis and will give an opportunity to all people to understand the actual meaning of Oriental culture. - Dr. Kailash Vajpeye, Director of Indian Studies Center for Oriental Studies, The University of Mexico It is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and beautifully explained work. I dont know whether to praise more this translation of the Bhagavad-gita, its daring method of explanation, or the endless fertility of its ideas. I have never seen any other work on the Gita with such an important voice and style. It will occupy a significant place in the intellectual and ethical life of modern man for a long time to come. - Dr. Shaligram Shukla, Professor of Linguistics Georgetown University I can say that in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is I have found explanations and answers to questions I had always posed regarding the interpretations of this sacred work, whose spiritual discipline I greatly admire. If the asceticism and ideal of the apostles which form the message of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is were more widespread and more respected, the world in which we live would be transformed into a better, more fraternal place. - Dr. Paul Lesourd, Author Professeur Honoraire, Catholic University of Paris Srimad-Bhagavatam This is a work to be treasured. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads these books with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impressed. - Dr. Garry Gelade, Professor of Psychology Oxford University It has been my great pleasure recently to have read the Srimad-Bhagavatam in the superb edition authorized by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. I am sure this monumental work will go far to bring the sublime message of the Bhagavatam to numerous Westerners who otherwise would miss this opportunity. - Dr. Alex Wayman, Professor of Sanskrit Columbia University The Srimad-Bhagavatam is extremely useful for all those interested in ancient India, whether their interest be that of the philosopher, the student of religion, the historian, the linguist, the sociologist or the political scientist. I truly hope that Srila Prabhupada will complete his translation of the entire Bhagavata and continue to translate other eminent Sanskrit works as well. Undoubtedly, this work of Swamijis is a great contribution to the troubled human society of todays world. - Dr. Sooda L. Bhatt, Professor of Indian Language Boston University The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editions of famous religious classics of India, with new translations and commentaries, are an important addition to our expanding knowledge of spiritual India. The new edition of the Srimad-Bhagavatam is particularly welcome. - Dr. John L. Mish, Chief, Oriental Division New York Public Library A commentary on the Vedanta-sutra by Srila Vyasadeva divided into twelve cantos of which four are presented here in eight beautifully produced volumes. These lavish volumes, obviously the product of devotional effort, contain many lovely full-color illustrations. - Choice magazine, June, 1975 In the diversity of religious approaches offered by the yogis of India, the most significant, of course, is the way of Krishna consciousness. It is amazing to see how Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami has in less than ten years succeeded, by his personal devotion, untiring energy and efficient direction, in organizing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Now, he has undertaken the stupendous project of rendering the entire Bhagavata, the great devotional classic of India, into English. His edition is learning blended with devotional feeling and inspired by a definite purpose of communicating the intense Iyrical and devotional quality of the Bhagavata. Srila Prabhupada has done an excellent service by his able rendition of the abode of divine joy that the Bhagavata is. - Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Professor of Asian Studies University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada It is axiomatic that no book can be expected entirely to satisfy all its potential readers. Here is one, however, which can be said to come remarkably close to that ideal... we have here the ideal of what an edition of a Sanskrit text for a Western audience should be. - Dr. R. E. Asher, Professor of Linguistics University of Edinburgh For those who have no access to the Sanskrit language, these books convey, in superb manner, the message of the Bhagavatam. In addition to being a scholarly work, it directly reflects the spiritual aspirations of a religious community which has gained considerable popularity in modern America. - Dr. Alaka Hejib, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Harvard University Srimad-Bhagavatam is a valuable source material and cannot but be attractive to serious students and scholars of religion and philosophy. I recommend this series, to anyone, as an important and useful reference work. - Dr. C. P. Agrawal, Chairwoman Department of Humanities, University of Michigan Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita I am most happy to have these handsomely printed volumes which embody the work of so learned and sincere a believer in the message of the Charitamrita. I thank you. - Dr. Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Chairman Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Harvard University The appearance of an English translation of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvamis Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita by AC. Bhaktivedanta [Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness] is a cause for celebration among both scholars in Indian studies and lay-people seeking to enrich their knowledge of Indian spirituality. It will fill a most serious lacuna in our libraries and in our courses on the religious traditions of India. For the first time we possess a readily accessible edition for this great religious classic that will provide opportunity for scholars in Indian literature and followers of the Krishna consciousness tradition alike to compare the original text with a modern English translation and become acquainted with the deeper spiritual meaning of this work through the learned commentary of Sri Bhaktivedanta. Anyone who gives a close reading to the commentary will sense that here, as in his other works, Sri Bhaktivedanta has combined a healthy mixture of the fervent devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of a devotee and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar. At no point does the author allow the intended meaning of the text to be eclipsed by the promotion of a particular doctrinal persuasion These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian spirituality and religious literature, whether their interests are sparked by the motivations of the scholar, the devotee or the general reader. - Dr. J. Bruce Long, Department of Asian Studies Cornell University It is a remarkable document of great historical and sociological importance, giving a picturesque presentation of the socio-religious climate in the India of Sri Chaitanyas times and the far-reaching social and religious changes wrought by him. As a literary piece, it is regarded as a work of great merit, having no parallel in the whole of Bengali literature. As a religious text, its sanctity is comparable to that of the Bhagavad-gita. This English edition translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is superb. It contains the original Sanskrit and Bengali verses with their English transliteration, synonyms, translation and elaborate purports, easily bearing testimony to the authors profound knowledge of the subject. - Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor, Emeritus Chairman and Professor Department of Philosophy Government Postgraduate College, Gyanpur, India It is a genuine joy to have this momentous biographical work on the life of Bengals great saint Chaitanya, prepared by his best-known modern interpreter, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. - Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer Associate Professor of Ethics and the Phenomenology of Religions Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California Year by year, interest in Eastern religious thought and philosophy grows in America. The editing and translating of the important Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita will make a substantial contribution to those who seek information about Indian concepts. - Dr. Gerald A. Larue, Professor of Religion University of Southern California I can recommend Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita as a source of rich insights for every serious student of consciousness. - Dr. Rory ODay, Department of Human Relations University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Other Major Writings by Srila Prabhupada Teachings of Lord Chaitanya is an authentic and lucid account, in English, of the life and philosophy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The spiritual movement initiated by the Great Master five hundred years ago has profoundly influenced millions of men and women in India ever since, and is presently making its mark throughout the world. Sri A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the present spiritual master of the movement in disciplic succession, has done a great service to the English-speaking world by making this spiritual treasure available in English. - Dr. K. L. Seshagiri Rao, Professor of Religious Studies University of Virginia Krishna is an important book both for the new student of the history of religions and for the professional scholar. It is a helpful and significant contribution to the growing phenomenon of interest in the religions of Asia. - William A. Johnson, Professor of Philosophy Brandeis University The book Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead should prove to be an important addition to materials available for college courses in religion. It is one of the best sources in English for gaining insight into the bhakti religious tradition. - Louis Roberts, Executive Chairman Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Syracuse University The Perfection of Yoga is most useful for anyone wishing to understand the meaning of yoga. It also introduces the student to the study of Bhagavad-gita and shows how direct and simple, yet in another sense, how profoundly complex is the path of spiritual growth through yoga practice. It is a scholarly book, yet has a direct personal meaning for all -- a powerful combination. - Dr. Frank Ledwith, Professor of Psychology University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland I think the best feature of the Hare Krishna movement is that it is providing scholars with excellent translations of the rarest books on Krishna-bhakti. - Dr. Lawrence Shinn, Professor of Religion Oberlin College I have read Sri Bhaktivedanta Swamis books with great care, attention and profound interest, and have found them to be of incalculable value to anyone who is curious about Indias spiritual and cultural heritage. The author of these books displays on every page an astounding scholarship in the subjects treated, and also an understanding and ease of exposition of abstruse ideas, which are rarest gifts. - Dr. H. B. Kulkarni, Professor of English and Philosophy Utah State University The publications of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust are very valuable documents and will no doubt become classics for the English reader of Indian religious literature. - Dr. Jerry M. Chance, Chairman Department of Philosophy and Religion, Florida A&M University These books are not only beautiful, but also relevant to our times, as we as a nation search for new cultural patterns for our way of life.
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