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By Madhusudana Visnu Das<\/strong><\/p>\n Few months ago, we received a call from a monk belonging to Swaminarayana sect in Gujarat. He expressed the desire to learn Bhagavad Gita As It Is. It was quite a surprise for us. On inquiring from him the purpose behind his request, he informed us that their chief-guru had written in their sacred literature called siksha-patri, the manual of good instructions, that every sincere seeker should study Bhagavad-gita very nicely. Since, he had heard from many people that ISKCON\u2019s Bhagavad-gita is the best, he got inspired to approach us to assist him in this regards.<\/p>\n We had just launched an online Bhagavad-gita study program, so we got him added to the ongoing course. After one of the lessons, he inquired of the tutor, \u201cHow many books Srila Prabhupada has written? Has he written anything apart from Bhagavad-gita?\u201d We can imagine how much happiness this comment must have brought to the tutor who was facilitating the teaching of this online course.<\/p>\n Few weeks later, the monk wrote a letter of appreciation for Srila Prabhupada and Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Here we have included few excerpts from it, We are sharing this appreciation with the devotee society at large hoping that it would bring you some pleasure and also some more appreciation for our beloved founder-acarya Srila Prabhupada, who, in true sense, is the spiritual master of the whole world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Swaminarayana Monk Appreciates Srila Prabhupada and his Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Few months ago, we received a call from a monk belonging to Swaminarayana sect in Gujarat. He expressed the desire to learn Bhagavad Gita As It Is. It was quite a surprise for us. On inquiring from him the purpose behind his request, he informed us that their chief-guru had written in their sacred literature called siksha-patri, the manual of good instructions, that every sincere seeker should study Bhagavad-gita very nicely. Since, he had heard from many people that ISKCON\u2019s Bhagavad-gita is the best, he got inspired to approach us to assist him in this regards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cOh yes! Srila Prabhupada has made voluminous contribution to the world of Vedic Literatures. He has translated the entire Srimad-bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrita in English. Along with that he has written so many other books. And, this he did in just a span of 11 years!\u201d replied the devotee tutor.
\n\u201cWow! Did he write on his own or did he hire people to work for him?\u201d the monk asked further, \u201cI am asking so much in detail because even a professional writer in this world cannot make such voluminous contributions. Moreover, Srila Prabhupada\u2019s writings are not some fiction. They are totally authoritative and full of beneficial instructions.\u201d
\nThe devotee tutor very enthusiastically replied, \u201cSrila Prabhupada did it all by himself. Of course, he was assisted by some to take down his dictations, type out the manuscripts and look after the publishing, but as far as authoring the content is concerned, it was all done personally by Srila Prabhupada.\u201d
\nThe Swaminarayana monk replied in much wonder, \u201cOh! This is amazing. How could he do so much? It is humanly impossible. Srila Prabhupada must have been a great personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn this age, zillions of books are being published, but only a few of them leave substantial impact on the readers. \u2018Srimad Bhagavad-gita As It Is\u2019 is one of them. I adore reading it because it explains mysterious intricacies of the great literature in a very simple language with the use of relatable examples and analogies. Srila Prabhupada\u2019s bold purports pierce through one\u2019s heart, penetrate the deeper layers within, and expose out the internal lust, anger and greed. I especially appreciate the hard work Srila Prabhupada has done in making this book so practical for the people of modern age.\u201d
\nHe further glorifies Srila Prabhupada by writing, \u201cSuch transcendental teachings cannot be delivered by a person having a trace of impurity at heart. Srila Prabhupada is a great person and a guru for all. He has worked tirelessly, having sleepless nights and busy days, to write commentaries easily explaining these otherwise extremely complex scriptures. I am grateful to him and his faithful followers.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/x7wXEzw.jpg\")
By Madhusudana Visnu Das<\/strong><\/p>\n