In reading many of the profiles of Srila Prabhupada, I’m saddened that a number of his important projects, programs and achievements are never mentioned. In the following summary I’ve tried to compile a more comprehensive list of his credits. Although this list is also incomplete, I hope it presents a fuller picture of Srila Prabhupada’s greatness. Paratrikananda dasa (10-05-04)
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 Krsna 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 Krsna devotee successfully trained non-Indians
in the strict disciplines of Vaisnavism. 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 Krsna became famous in every corner of
the earth.
He sent his disciples to London, where they recorded the single, “Hare Krsna
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 Krsna temples on six continents, installed the deity of
Krsna 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 Jaganatha in major cities around
the globe, in effect, bringing the temple to the people.
He instituted the brahmacarini asram, something previously unheard of in Vedic
culture, to give shelter to single women wishing to practice Krsna 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 an annual revenue of one million dollars (equivalent
to $4,600,000 in 2004).
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 Krsna consciousness, delivering thousands
of formal lectures. Over 2,200 were recorded and archived.
He conducted many hundreds of informal conversations on the science of Krsna
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 Vrndavana, 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 Krsna 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 Caitanya’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
Krsna’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 Krsna 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 Caitanya-caritamrta 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 [Vrndavana] 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
Vrndavana 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 Krsna 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 Krsna 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 Caitanya 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
Krsna 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 Krsna
consciousness. (senapati - a military field commander, bhakta - a devotee. Lord
Caitanya will empower His own devotee to spread Krsna Consciousness around the
world.)
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Sri Caitanya Mangala, Sutra-Khanda
by Locana 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 Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Caitanya-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, mrdangas, 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 Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's 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 Caitanya-caritamrta, 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 that
willing 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 Krsna: 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
Godbrothers, Sridhara Maharaja and others, that "He'll 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
Vrndavana, 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 Godbrothers:
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 living memory, Vaisnavism,
the message of Vaisnavism, the message of Mahaprabhu, the message of devotion
and of pure devotion has been carried to the west an d 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
Vrndavana, October 15, 1972
And what about the qualities he had? All devotional qualities he possess.
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 Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's 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, acaryas and astrologers,
and the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, is patent validation of his
inimitable role in Vaisnava history. By his efforts, uncountable millions have
read about Krsna, honored Krsna 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 Krsna 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 Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted Krsna
consciousness in the Western countries, why didn't He go there Himself? That's
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 Caitanya-caritamrta (17 vols.)
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
The Nectar of Devotion
Sri Isopanisad
Easy Journey to Other Planets
Krsna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
Krsna, 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
Krsna, 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 Krsna
Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge
Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
Krsna Consciousness: The Matchless Gift
Scholars Review Srila Prabhupada's
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 Prabhupada's 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 Caitanya, 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 Caitanya
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. Prabhupada's 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 scholar's but a practitioner's, a dedicated lifelong
devotee's 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 manyfold."
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 Prabhupada's 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 don't 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 aesceticism
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 Swamiji's is a great contribution to the troubled
human society of today's 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 Krsna 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 Krsna 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 Caitanya-caritamrta
"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 Caritamrta.
I thank you."
Dr. Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Chairman
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Harvard University
"The appearance of an English translation of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta by A.C. Bhaktivedanta [Founder-Acarya
of the International Society for Krsna 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 Krsna 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 Caitanya's 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 author's 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 Bengal's great saint Caitanya, 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 Caitanya-caritamrta
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 Caitanya-caritamrta as a source of rich insights
for every serious student of consciousness."
Dr. Rory O'Day, Department of Human Relations
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Other Major Writings by Srila Prabhupada
"Teachings of Lord Caitanya is an authentic and lucid account,
in English, of the life and philosophy of Sri Caitanya 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
"Krsna 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 Krsna, 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 Krsna movement is that it is providing
scholars with excellent translations of the rarest books on Krsna-bhakti."
Dr. Lawrence Shinn, Professor of Religion
Oberlin College
"I have read Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami's books with great care, attention
and profound interest, and have found them to be of incalculable value to anyone
who is curious about India's 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."
Dr. C. L. Spreadbury, Professor of Sociology
Stephen F. Austin State University Send this story to a friend This story URL: http://prabhupada.krishna.org/Articles/2004/08/009.html
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