A Word from the Publishers

This is the age of darkness and quarrel, so naturally there is no
idea of spiritual life. People are busy only in taking care of the
temporary material body and its relationships, such as wife, child-
ren and friends. They do not believe, or what is more unfortunate,
they have not even heard of it. In Kali-yuga there is no knowl-
edge. There is only the struggle to exist — to eat and sleep.

The unique characteristic of a human being is that he can
speak, whereas animals cannot. Therefore we find books in hu-
man society. Books are the essence of speech. We do not find
books in any other species of life. Nor do we find religion in any
other species of life. The books of religion, known as the Vedic
literature, are the original books of knowledge in human society
and have been preserved in the Sanskrit language. Practically
speaking, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has unlocked
the treasure house of Vedic wisdom by translating the most
essential of these books, such as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-
Bhagavatam into the English language.

We invite all interested to read and learn more about Vedic
literatures by posting enquiries to any of the following addresses:

No. 11 Jalan 6/6, P.O. Box 40, P.O. Box 95,
Petaling Jaya, Kuching, Thompson Road
Selangor, Sarawak Post Office,
Malaysia Malaysia Singapore 2057

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