Appreciations of Śrīla Prabhupāda's Work
Over the years many people have expressed their appreciation for Śrīla Prabhupāda's work—bringing India's timeless science of self-realization to the West.
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“His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda is doing valuable work, and his books are significant contributions to the salvation of mankind.”
Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri former prime minister of India
“Swami Bhaktivedanta brings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic and one-sided culture is faced with a crisis that may end in self-destruction because it lacks the inner depth of an authentic metaphysical consciousness. Without such depth, our moral and political protestations are just so much verbiage.”
Thomas Merton, theologian
“In the diversity of religious approaches offered by the yogis of India the most significant of course is the way of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, shown by Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktivedanta Swami, tenth teacher in the tradition of Mahāprabhu Caitanya. It is amazing to see how Śrī Bhaktivedanta Swami has in less than ten years succeeded by his personal devotion and single-minded dedication to the task, untiring energy and efficient direction, in organizing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness having thousands of devotees, opening the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temples in the major cities of the world and writing numerous works on the  bhakti-yoga  as taught by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Caitanya.”
Professor Mahesh Mehta Professor of Asian Studies University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
“A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda is a prestigious master and heir to a great tradition.”
Joseph Jean Lanzo del Vasto prominent French philosopher and author
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