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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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.
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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.
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.
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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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What a wonderful account of the first days of the Hare Krishna Movement. This book is full of amazing adventure, suspense, humor, and delight. It is hard to put down and fully absorbing. The story is wonderful and the author, who is telling his own story, makes it come alive as if you are in the story yourself. Anyone interested in Krishna consciousness, NRM, Vaisnavism, Srila Prabhupada, or history in the 60's and 70's will love this book. The only unfortunate situation is that the formatting in the Kindle edition is not always correct, which is slightly annoying, but one quickly learns how to adjust and swim in an ocean of pleasure in reading. Highly recommended.
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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.... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Monika Mueller de Velez
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Really keen to read this. When is a Kindle version coming out? I can't lug hard copy books around. Kindle has spoiled me.
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