It is December of 1936. Abhaya Caraṇāravinda Dāsa, a forty-year-old pharmaceutical distributor then in Bombay on business, feels a sudden impulse to write a letter to his spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura
It is December 9, 1968, thirty-two years later. The same disciple—now a renunciant and spiritual master himself—finds himself in the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Srila Prabhupada’
August 13, 2009
The Soul of Compassion
July 15, 2009
A Short Letter to Śrīla Prabhupāda
My dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most fallen dandavats at your feet.
For twelve extraordinary years you crossed and re-crossed the world, sowing the seeds of love of Krishna. Who can actually know the extent of your work? Wherever you went, you broadcast the seeds of bhakti—by your footfall, by your speech, by your glance. And [...]
November 25, 2008
Srila Prabhupada’s Voice
“Voice” is the aspect of a literary work which conveys the distinct power and flavor of the narrator’s personality. Voice is different from style, although it depends on style for its realization. Here is the writer Holly Lisle attempting to capture the idea of voice:
. . . .you have to put yourself on your page. [...]
