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There has not been, there will not be, such benefactors of the highest merit as [Chaitanya] Mahaprabhu and His devotees …

– Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī

ABHAY’S FRIEND NARENDRANATH Mullik was insistent. He wanted Abhay to see a sādhu from Māyāpur. Naren and some of his …

They stood talking amidst the passersby on the crowded early-evening street, as the traffic of horse-drawn hackneys, oxcarts, and occasional …

Naren explained that the sādhu, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, was a Vaiṣṇava and a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One …

But Abhay remained skeptical. “Oh, no! I know all these sādhus,” he said. “I’m not going.” Abhay had seen many …

No. By and large, they were a disappointing lot. Abhay had even seen a man in his neighborhood who was …

Naren argued that he felt that this particular sādhu was a very learned scholar and that Abhay should at least …

When they inquired at the door, a young man recognized Mr. Mullik – Naren had previously given a donation – …

Sitting with his back very straight, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī appeared tall. He was slender, his arms were long, and his …

While the two young men were still rising and preparing to sit, before any preliminary formalities of conversation had begun, …

Abhay could hardly believe what he had just heard. They had not even exchanged views, yet this sādhu was telling …

Abhay was immediately impressed, but he wasn’t going to drop his intelligent skepticism. After all, there were assumptions in what …

Drawn irresistibly into discussion, Abhay spoke up in answer to the words Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta had so tersely spoken in the …

Abhay had not asked haughtily, just to be provocative, yet his question was clearly a challenge. If he were to …

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta replied in a quiet, deep voice that Kṛṣṇa consciousness didn’t have to wait for a change in Indian …

Abhay was struck by his boldness. How could he say such a thing? The whole world of India beyond this …

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta continued: Whether one power or another ruled was a temporary situation; but the eternal reality is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, …

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī had articulated these ideas many times before in his writings:

There has not been, there will not be, such benefactors of the highest merit as [Chaitanya] Mahaprabhu and His devotees …