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This is a condensed version of a long Purana of 18,000 verses. By means of stories from the lives of avatars, sages, and kings, it popularized the teaching of the Vedas. To study it is the best of all ways to become acquainted with the living religion of India today. The nineteenth century saint Ramakrishna said of the Bhagavatam, "It is fried in the butter of Knowledge and steeped in the honey of Love." At regular intervals through the text, the chapters being condensed are designated by Book and Chapter numbers. Each interval is appropriate in length for a daily reading, and there are 365 intervals.

Continuation of the compiled memories of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples, from video recordings of DVD61-70. You will find here interviews with Badarayana, Jananivas, Nagapatni, Ajamil, Sikhi Mahiti, Krsnarupa, Misra Bhagavan, Garuda, Mukunda Goswami, Basu Ghosh, Ravi, Srutakirti and many others. It is a nectar of all nectars for those who love Srila Prabhupada.

Widely read, The Bhagavad Gita is a classic of world spirituality while The essential companion to The Bhagavad Gita, The Uddhava Gita has remained overlooked. This new accessible and only English translation in print of The Uddhava Gita offers a previously unexplored path to understanding Hinduism and Krishna’s wisdom. Written centuries apart, the ideas of the two dialogues are similar although their approach and contexts differ. The Bhagavad Gita is filled with the urgency of battle while The Uddhava Gita takes place on the eve of Krishna’s departure from the world. The Uddhava Gita offers the reader philosophy, sublime poetry, practical guidance, and, ultimately, hope for a more complete consciousness in which the life of the body better reflects the life of the spirit.

Shrimad Bhagavat is renowned as one of the greatest compositions in Sanskrit Literature. The 18th Purana composed by Maharishi Veda-Vyasa, it stands unparalleled in its distinct and resplendent exaltation of devotion to God, revealing throughout the quintessence of Vedantic teachings. Masterfully profound and delightfully enchanting, Shrimad Bhagavat abounds in work-paintings of the supreme Lord's wondrous and endearing avatars, divine sports and devotees - paintings that kindle, intensity and establish devotion in one's heart. This spring of devotion leads one to satsang, to the Guru and to teachings that unveil one's essential nature of Brahman.

If you are new to the spiritual drama and philosophy of India, or if you are a seasoned connoisseur, you will delight in the divine love evoked in this enthralling novelization of the Srimad Bhagavatam's first canto. Vraja Kishor presents the beautiful story and message of India's most beloved Purana in refreshingly straightforward, direct and artistic language. Beautiful Tales of the All-Attractive brings out the subtleties and nuances of the original Sanskrit poetry without ever becoming bulky, cumbersome, or dull.