Table of Contents

Volume 1: Childhood; college, marriage and Gandhi's movement; "A very nice saintly person"; "How shall I serve you?"; the war; an unknown friend; Jhansi - the league of devotees; New Delhi - "Crying alone in the wilderness"; a resident of Vrndavana; "This momentous hour of need"; the dream come true; the journey to America; Butler, Pennsylvania - the first testing ground; struggling alone; "It will not be possible to assist you"; free to preach; on the Bowery; breaking ground; planting the seed; "Stay high forever"; beyond the Lower East Side; "Swami invites the hippies"; the Price affair; New Jagannatha Puri; "Our master has not finished his work"; Swamiji's departure; India revisited - part 1; India revisited - part 2; unlimited opportunity, limited time; London - a dream fulfilled; a threat against ISKCON; India - dancing white elephants; "A lot of ground to be covered"; jet-age Parivrajakacarya; "This remote corner of the world"; in every town and village. Volume 2: "The land is yours"; no one listens to a poor man; "I will build a wonderful temple for you"; around the world but absorbed in Bombay; the battle for Bombay; developing Mayapur; beginning the temple of Krsna-Balarama; let there be a temple; "Please distribute books"; preaching to America - part 1; preaching to America - part 2; at home in India; India - unifying ISKCON; the lame man and the blind man; chant Hare Krsna and fight; "I have done my part"; Krsna's great soldier; at home in Vrndavana; the final lesson; "Prabhupada-lila" - additional pastimes of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada; return to America; opening a temple in Los Angeles; a visit to Boston; a summer in Montreal; Seattle; one hundred and eight rosebushes; preaching in Germany; Latin America; Zurich and New York; a world tour.

About the Author

Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is a Vaisnava writer, poet and a senior disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was among the first young Americans to assist Srila Prabhupada with his mission in the West and, as Prabhupada's intimate disciple, he served him as personal secretary for many years.