“Many things
may happen in life
but if, devoid of
false ego, we
always remain
humbly begging
for the mercy of
the Vaishnavas
and of the
Supreme Lord
then, in spite of all
apparant
difficulties, we
progress on our
devotional
journey.”

-Sripada
Bhaktisvarupa
Damodara Maharaja

 

scientist disciples. He ordered the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) to publish and print over 100,000 copies of the book. This book is still being used extensively for presenting Krishna consciousness to students at colleges and universities throughout the world and over a quarter million copies have been printed to date. For this purpose it has been translated into many different languages.

Srila Prabhupada also instructed Maharaja to publish the Journal of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, Savijnanam. The first issue of the journal was

Maharaja offering the first issue of the Journal of the Bhaktivedanta Institute , Savijnanam, to Srila Prabhupada

published and offered to Srila Prabhupada on his 25th disappearance day festival in Vrindavan on November 8, 2002. The title Savijnanam was given by Srila Prabhupada and was inspired by the Bhagavad-gita Verse 7.2:

jïänaà te ’haà sa-vijïänam
idaà vakñyämy açeñataù
yaj jïätvä neha bhüyo ’nyaj
jïätavyam avaçiñyate

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