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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 of a man who has been
rigorously brought up in the schools of Vaisnava philosophy and has ab-
sorbed its teachings so fully that he seems to have reached the highest
state of spiritual illumination only few blessed souls achieve.’

Dr. H. B. Kulkarni
Professor of English and Philosophy
Utah State University, Logan, Utah

‘“‘Undoubtedly, the work of Swamiji is a great contribution to the
troubled human society of today’s world.”’

Dr. Sooda L. Bhatt
Professor of Indian Languages
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

“The appearance of an English translation of Krsnadaésa Kaviraja
Goswami’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada is a cause for celebration among both scholars in Indian
studies and lay people seeking to enrich their knowledge of Indian
spirituality.

‘*’,. Anyone who gives a close reading to the commentary will sense
that here, as in his other works, Sri Bhaktivedanta has combined a heal-
thy mixture of the fervent devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of a devotee
and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar.

‘*”. These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to
the libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian spiri-
tuality 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
