Page 11 - Jaya Srila Prabhupada (English)

An Appreciation

Dear Bhakti Vikäsa Mahäräja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Çréla
Prabhupäda.
I thought I would drop you a brief note on behalf of my
brother Patré Prabhu and myself. We wish to express our
heartfelt appreciation after reading your book Jaya Çréla
Prabhupäda! It is a wonderful book. Your glorification of
Prabhupäda is done very thoughtfully. As you refer to in your
book, it is impossible to completely glorify a pure devotee of
Prabhupäda’s magnitude. However, you have done a pretty
good job of it!
We read Jaya Çréla Prabhupäda! recently when we were in
Våndävana. Patré Prabhu bought it in the Kåñëa-Balaräma
gift shop. I was doing my own study of Bhagavad-gétä and was
frequently being distracted by Patré constantly commenting
on one passage after the other. “Listen to this example of
Prabhupäda’s humility,” or “Bhakti Vikäsa Swami is putting
into words exactly how I feel about Prabhupäda.” He could
particularly relate to you seeing Çréla Prabhupäda as your
hero as that’s exactly the way he always thinks of
Prabhupäda.
Anyway, as he never “shut up” the whole time he was
reading your book, as soon as he finished, which didn’t take
him long because he couldn’t put it down, I just had to see
what he was raving about. I briefly set aside the Bhagavad-
gétä (I say “briefly” because I couldn’t put the book down
either). I immediately could understand why he liked Jaya
Çréla Prabhupäda! so much. It’s a gripping read and a
disappointment when it comes to an end. Thank you very
much for writing about Çréla Prabhupäda so affectionately.
Your servants, Uddhava däsa and Patré däsa (Wicklow,
Ireland), 25 Jan 1997
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