7. The sun is situated almost in the center of each and 4
every universe, and it distributes profuse light and heat all 4
over the universe. There are millions and billions of suns in ¥
all the millions and billions of universes within the mahat- Be
tattva. The suns and moons are required within the universes bs 3
because they are dark by nature, The Vedas instruct us to go af
out of the dark universes and reach the glowing effulgence, #
the brahmajyoti.

8. The brahmajyoti is due to the illuminating Vaikuntha ; a
planets, which need no sun or moon or power of electricity. ;

Srimad-Bhagavatam helps us reach the supreme planet, ul
Goloka Vrndavana. The door is open for everyone. Human 2
life is meant for this particular aim, for it is the highest
perfection. ;

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati ‘ ,
Gosvamt Maharaja, in Calcutta in 1922. Srtla Bhaktisiddhanta

liked this educated young man and injected in him the idea

of preaching the message of Srimad-Bhagavatam all over the

world. At Allahabad in 1933 Srila Prabhupada became his

formally initiated disciple, and in 1937, just days before

his spiritual master’s departure from this mortal world, he

was specifically ordered to spread Krsna consciousness in the

English language. Thus in 1944 Srila Prabhupada started ates.
Back to Godhead magazine, which is now circulated in six

different languages throughout the world, and he also pub-

lished, in English, the first three volumes of his Srimad-
Bhagavatam.

In 1965, at the advanced age of 70, His Divine Grace.
sailed to the United States to fulfill his master’s sacred
mission, bringing with him only seven dollars, some books
and a pair of hand cymbals. Shortly afterwards he began
classes on Bhagavad-gita in a small storefront in New York
City. Now, only six years later, Srila Prabhupada’s Inter- |
national Society for Krishna Consciousness, with more than ; fer
seventy centers in major cities throughout the world, has bis
become an important institution of spiritual knowledge and
culture, and Srila Prabhupada’s authoritative translations, si
commentaries and summary studies of Vedic literature have Be
become standard textbooks of transcendental science. is

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