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THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
“Words fail me to describe the height of scholarship and devotion manifest in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vast writings. Our future generations will definitely find a better world to live in through the efforts of Śrīla Prabhupāda. He stands for international brotherhood and the spiritual integration of all mankind. The literary world outside India, particularly of the West, is indebted to Śrīla Prabhupāda, who has so scientifically acquainted them with what is best in Kṛṣṇa conscious India.”
Sri Viswanath Shukla Ph.D.
Professor of Hindi, M.U. Aligarh, U.P., India
“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. Just as any ordinary man in the West becomes conscious of Christian culture from his very birth, any ordinary man in India becomes familiar with the principles of meditation and yoga from his very birth. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous persons come from India, exhibit their imperfect and ordinary knowledge of yoga, cheat the people with their wares consisting of mantras, and present themselves as incarnations of God. So many of these cheaters have come convincing their foolish followers to accept them as God, that those who are actually well-versed and learned in Indian culture have become very concerned and troubled. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publications of Śrī A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. They 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
“The books of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda 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
“It is a great honor for me to have the pleasure of examining the publications of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, which I find to be of