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Acknowledgements

The major thank you for this book goes to Çréla
Prabhupäda for being its subject, inspiration, and the
source of many of the quotes herein. He gave life to me
and to others also. Without him, I could not have written
this book, nor would there be anyone to read it.
Thanks also to the BBT and Bhaktivedanta Archives
staff for publishing the works and photographs of Çréla
Prabhupäda, and to Satsvarüpa Maharäja for his Çréla
Prabhupäda-lélämåta. Together these form a great ocean of
Prabhupäda-kathä and have provided much of the source
material for this book.
For the first edition, Kåñëa Kérti däsa was my main
editing and publishing assistant. Without his long, hard
hours of selfless service, this book might never have come
out. Other important helpers were typists Shailesh
Thakker, Prabhä devé däsé, and Siddheçvaré devé däsé; Basu
Ghosh Prabhu and others at ISKCON Baroda who provided
facility; Paramätmä däsa, who conceptualized the front
cover design; Lakñmaëa däsa, who gave financial
assistance; the printer, Nitin Prabhu; and Ananta-çakti
däsa, who drew the illustrations.
Further acknowledgements for the present edition are
due to Gauracandränanä devé däsé and Çyäma-sevikä devé
däsé for re-typing the manuscript, and to Guru-kåñëa däsa
for further editing and proofreading, to Gaìgä devé däsé
for final checking, to Gaura-gadädhara däsa for layout and
Jagadéça däsa for the new cover design.
I pray that Çréla Prabhupäda will be pleased with all
who have contributed toward the production of Jaya Çréla
Prabhupäda!
In his service,
Bhakti Vikäsa Swami

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