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preface                                                  xiv

          Kåñëa  consciousness  in  a  manner  meant  to  most  closely follow
          that of Çréla Prabhupäda’s. Hence, I composed this treatise and
          featured it in my publication My Memories of Çréla Prabhupäda.

          Now, some sixteen  years later, I consider  that  there is  even
          greater need to air that message than when it was first produced.
          Therefore I have expanded and overhauled the original version
          and published it as this separate volume. In the course of revising
          it, while reflecting on the preaching tussles and controversies I
          have been involved in over the last thirty-seven years since being
          admitted into  iskcon, I regretted that I had not been stronger,
          bolder, and more outspoken. I now find myself more convinced
          than ever of the “crying necessity of the moment for silencing the
          aggressive propaganda of specific untruths that is being carried on
          all over the world.” 1

          It is fitting that Speaking Strongly be my first publication after Çré
          Bhaktisiddhänta Vaibhava. By perusing Speaking Strongly, devotees
          who appreciated the robust preaching of Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta
          Sarasvaté (as depicted in  Çré Bhaktisiddhänta Vaibhava) may
          further appreciate that such robustness was not meant to be
          limited to him but imparted to all his followers, as it clearly was
          to his foremost disciple, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta
          Swami Prabhupäda.
          Almost certainly, Speaking Strongly will be controversial, and many
          devotees will find its import difficult to accept. While expecting
          criticism, I request would-be critics to first read the book in its
          entirety. I must apologize to whoever may become offended by any
          of my statements; but some things need to be said even at the risk
          of discomfitting others (why so is discussed herein). Admittedly, a
          seemingly contradictory case could be made for a more restrained


          1  Harmonist 29.173 (Dec 1931); SBV,
          vol. 3, p. 146.
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