Perfect Questions Perfect Answers - Softcover

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912776625 ISBN 13: 9780912776620

Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 2018

Synopsis

In 1972, Bob Cohen, an American science teacher serving in the Peace Corps, found himself halfway around the world, in the holy village of Mayapur, West Bengal, on a search for spiritual enlightenment. There, in a small bamboo hut, he found a teacher able to answer his questions. Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers is the record of his transformative talks with Srila Prabhupada.

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About the Author

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (IAST: Abhaya Cara ravinda Bhakti-ved nta Sv m ; 1 September 1896 14 November 1977[2]) or Srila Prabhupada, born Abhay Charan De, was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder-acharya (preceptor) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),[3] commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement".[1][4][5][6][7] Members of the ISKCON movement view Bhaktivedanta Swami as a representative and messenger of Krishna Chaitanya.[citation needed] Born in an aristocratic kayastha family in Kolkata (then called Calcutta), he was educated at the Scottish Church College there.[1] Before adopting the life of a novice renunciate (vanaprastha) in 1950,[8] he was married with children and owned a small pharmaceutical business.[9][10] In 1959, he took a vow of renunciation (sannyasa) and started writing commentaries on Vaishnava scriptures.[11] In his later years, as a travelling Vaishnava monk, he became an influential communicator of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology to India and specifically to the West through his leadership of ISKCON, founded in 1966.[12][13] As the founder of ISKCON, he "emerged as a major figure of the Western counterculture, initiating thousands of young Americans."[14] He was criticized by anti-cult groups, but was well regarded by religious scholars, such as J. Stillson Judah, Harvey Cox, Larry Shinn and Thomas Hopkins, who praised Bhaktived nta Sw mi's translations and defended the group against distorted media images and misinterpretations.[15] Religious leaders from other Gaudiya Vaishnava institutions have also given him credit for his achievements.[16]

Edition details

• Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912776625
• ISBN 13: 9780912776620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120