“This book is dedicated to my glorious spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, an ocean of mercy, who came to this world with the most sublime message of the spiritual world to deliver the fallen souls of this age of quarrel and hypocrisy.”
“The ancient Vedas of the India, which contain the world’s oldest and most profound spiritual wisdom, state that human life begins when one sincerely enquires, “Who am I? Where did I come from? What is the purpose of my existence?” These 3 questions are called brahma-jijnasa, or spiritual inquiry. They can be properly answered only by looking for a bona-fide spiritual teacher. I was a student in Europe when I began to feel the urge to find such a teacher and I returned to India to begin my search. After a long and disappointing journey to many places of pilgrimage, I finally met the divine personality who would lead me out of this world of ignorance to the light of knowledge. That divine personality was my eternal spiritual master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.”
Bhakti Charu Swami takes us by hand and brings us into Srila Prabhupada’s private quarters and at times to his bedside during the final year of his physical presence. As I read this book I was astonished and enlightened. I laughed and I cried as I was carried into the personal presence of Srila Prabhupada through this beautiful gift of his loving servant.
This work describes how the author developed a humble love and dedication to Srila Prabhupada who gave him a life of Krishna-bhakti, and thus revealed himself to be truly an “ocean of mercy.”
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