Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in New York, San Francisco, and London 1966-1969 [Hardcover]

Mukunda Goswami (Author)

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Publication Date: September 19, 2011

Miracle on Second Avenue is a short, carefully researched documentary book written in a you-are-there style, that catalogs the start and growth of the Hare Krishna movement. The work is a memoir of Mukunda Goswami, one of the pioneers of the religious group that is now known throughout the world formally as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Miracle is a series of historical events that include the movement's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and his interactions on two continents with the author over the three-year period from August 1966 until December 1969.

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About the Author

Mukunda Goswami, writer, editor, researcher, one of the earliest members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and one of the first Western students of the movement's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has lectured in thirty-eight countries, and published many newspaper and magazine articles. Author and co-author of several books, he now resides in Australia, where he continues to write.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: Torchlight Publishing (September 19, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981727344
• ISBN-13: 978-0981727349
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastically Wonderful, December 24, 2011

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This review is from: Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in New York, San Francisco, and London 1966-1969 (Hardcover)

Since i joined the hare krsna movement in 1969, this book filled in the years 1966, thru 69, with exacting details on all levels, the scenes, the conversation dialoque's, and the author's heart felt feelings, throughout the story. This aspect makes the book very personal. I actually had a set of those "red" beads you see draped on the authors shoulders and chest on the front cover, a lovely picture, of his adorning Srila Prabhupada,(my spiritual master), with a gorgeous garland of flowers. This book shows how in the beginnings of the hare krsna movement, all activities of the devotee's were based on spontaneous feelings of love, all inspired by Srila Ptrabhupada. There was no empty ritual, no greed, no urge for power, prestige and fame. All was pure and simple. No corporation. Not that all the exciting pure and spontaneous God consciousness can not be a part of all our lives right now. Michael Grant who became Mukunda goswami, encountered,as a young man, , and accepted Srila Prabhupada, A C Bhaktivedanta swami as God's 100% pure representaive, just as Lord Jesus Christ was seen by His disciples. Rightly so, beings of this nature who are simultaneously here and living in the spiritual world, always in contact with the Lord, are extremely rare, as stated in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, The Nectar of the Ocean of Devotional Service, written 500 years ago by Srila Rupa Goswami,(now translated into english by Miracle on Second Avenue's main subject) a close associate of Sri Krsna Chaitanta Maha prabhu.
First i paid, about $16 for this book from Amazon and now today i see it's cost is $25 . Thus we see the nature of this materially oriented world at present.
thank you
Ronald Conroy/ Satyahit das , name given b Srila Prabhupada Boston, 1970.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mukunda's rendition of the beginning of the Hare Krishna movement., November 13, 2011

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This review is from: Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in New York, San Francisco, and London 1966-1969 (Hardcover)

This is a great book, well written, informative and easy to read. Mukunda appears to have fallen into the movement after meeting the Swami, and it is interesting to hear how he started temples in New York, San Francisco and London. I am not a follower of Hare Krishna but thoroughly enjoyed reading about the movement and how it became so popular in the United States. I highly recommend it to all readers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Version, December 31, 2011

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Monika Mueller de Velez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in New York, San Francisco, and London 1966-1969 (Hardcover)

Thank you very much Maharaja for writing this book. It was most enlivening and a powerful asset to my life. Wish to read it again.... but due to lots of traveling not able to carry books around. Please kindly arrange for a kindle version soon, if not asking too much.