ONE OF THE MOST SUBLIME
LYRICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
IN ALL MYSTIC LITERATURE

In°Praise of ., A.C. °Bhaktivedanta Swami:

“A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamibrings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic
and one-sided culture lacks the inner depth of Krishna Consciousness. Without such depth
our moral and political protestations are just so much verbiage. ”’

(ODF mc ™ Cotten

“He writes from not only a scholar’s but a practitioner’s, a dedi-
cated life-long devotee’s, point of view that is honest and very
moving.”

PB tows che cemerloe

“The HARE KRISHNA meditation led by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
transports the disciples intoa state of religious ecstasy so rapturous

it’s almost embarrassing to witness.”
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“The task he has undertaken in translating and commenting on the Bhagavata Purana, Bha-
gavad Gita, and Chaitanya Charitamrita necessitates a considerable erudition. His teach-
ings are obviously significant to many of our young people and is therefore important to
all of us.”

professor Gaccinent aan Seadarack

university of chicago

“He is doing valuable work and his books are significant contribu-
tions to the salvation of human kind.”

ee eel oneachesr SOherstri

late prime minister of india.

“Tam greatly impressed by the recent surge of interest in Krishna
Consciousness. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is due our respects and
good wishes.”

preheter Waeah tiaarrakell

sarah lawrence college

“The purports or explanations of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamiare transparent and exquisitely
detailed expositions presented here for the first time to common public Western mind—a
storehouse of old age, experience, devotion, learning, scholarship, Hindu granny wisdom
sincerity, gaiety and sweet transcendental insight.”

Auten Gooririshera:
