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The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
From the very start, I knew that His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda was the most extraordinary person …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
About fifty feet away from where I stood, at the other end of a long, dark room, he sat on …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
After a few moments the swami began lecturing in English, apparently from a huge Sanskrit volume that lay open before …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
He sounded like a scholar, his vocabulary intricately laced with philosophical terms and phrases. Elegant hand gestures and animated facial …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
After the lecture someone gave me a pamphlet printed in India. A photo showed the swami handing three of his …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
But I could not understand why a gentleman of such distinction was residing and lecturing in the Bowery of all …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
To my surprise, Śrīla Prabhupāda (as I later came to call him) was not too busy to talk with me. …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
I saw that Śrīla Prabhupāda slept on a small mattress and that his clothes hung on lines at the back …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
A few weeks later – it was July 1966 – I had the privilege of helping Śrīla Prabhupāda relocate to …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
In philosophical debate and logic Śrīla Prabhupāda was undefeatable and indefatigable. He would interrupt his translating work for discussions that …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
Śrīla Prabhupāda was an exciting person to know. Whether it was out of my desire for the personal benefits of …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
One August morning at the Second Avenue storefront temple, Śrīla Prabhupāda told us, “Today is Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance day.” We …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
Later that year, while in San Francisco, I sent Śrīla Prabhupāda his first airline ticket, and he flew out from …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
A few weeks later the first mṛdaṅga (a long clay drum with a playing head on each end) arrived in …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
Also in San Francisco, in 1967, Śrīla Prabhupāda inaugurated Ratha-yātrā, the Festival of the Chariots, one of several festivals that, …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
By late 1966 Śrīla Prabhupāda had begun accepting disciples. He was quick to point out to everyone that they should …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
In the mid-seventies Śrīla Prabhupāda’s translating and publishing intensified dramatically. Scholars all over the world showered favorable reviews on his …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
Śrīla Prabhupāda was not just another oriental scholar, guru, mystic, yoga teacher, or meditation instructor. He was the embodiment of …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
I am deeply indebted to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and it is a debt I shall never be able to repay. But …
The Science of Self-Realization Foreword
“I shall never die,” Śrīla Prabhupāda once said. “I shall live forever in my books.” He passed away from this …