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Acknowledgements
will be a spiritual journey for the reader. Writing it was surely a spiritual journey for me. i set out to describe k¥¢£a’s V¥nd§vana pastimes and quickly discovered my journey — this book’s completion. it is my great pleasure to now my indebtedness to them. to readers of the “k¥¢£a in V¥nd§vana” series. When i told my cousin Robert that for two years Mah§r§ja was living in New Vraja-dh§ma and indebtedness to Mah§r§ja for his truly selfless service to the cause of “i am unable to repay you.”
Acyuta Prabhu was similarly instrumental as the associate editor.
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ventured into the unknown without our ever having met or without his ever having been to New Vraja-dh§ma. i am truly in his debt. it should be known that both these great souls gave up other dh§ma and R§dh§-¼y§masundara without receiving any material members of the Hungarian y§tr§ contribution has certainly qualified them as such. if i were to thank keªava Bh§rat¦ Mah§r§ja and Acyuta Prabhu steps of Lord V§mana ended up being so much greater than what any me tell R§dh§-¼y§masundara what i wanted to tell Them and for believing in what i had to say.
The first editor of in one of its early incar formulate the concept of the three-line stanzas. She also encouraged the book was completed — despite physical inconvenience — she proofread the entire work. Thus i offer her my hearty thanks. which i have kept fully engaged for almost five years. First men and trained artists and supervised all aspects of their work from that my creative propensities took.
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Three artists who worked with the project from beginning to end Dev¦ D§s¦. They patiently rendered my narrations in pictorial form other books. i believe R§dh§-¼y§masundara directed them. i must always remained a reliable disciple and assistant. final year of production and who quickly entered the spirit of eral bastion of support. Despite the many transformations the book been assisting me in my writing since are Nalin¦-k§nta Dev¦ D§s¦ and Sundara-r¡pa D§sa Adhik§r¦. For Nalin¦-k§nta was the final production manager — seeing the final manuscript to print. She will also translate the book into Hungarian r¡pa Prabhu also worked closely with the art department to realise all aspects of the book’s design. dev¦ Dev¦ D§s¦ and Var¢§£§ Dev¦ D§s¦ oversaw advance sales of the
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i also offer thanks to the devotees who donated towards the and other disciples in Russia. gave their time to read samples of the manuscript and took part in a brainstorming session that helped me find the best way to present New Vraja-dh§ma’s glories to the greater community of devotees. i offer very special thanks to His Holiness indradyumna Swami. He is the most enthusiastic advocate of my books and my most dedi words of appreciation are what keep me writing. But the one who the devotees of New Vraja-dh§ma spontaneously and continually encouraged me — for obvious reasons — giving me the strength to keep writing and to cross the many obstacles that arose along the way.
This book was five years in the making. in the last two years my involvement in the leadership and management of the Hungarian y§tr§ i thank those devotees who sympathised with my undertaking and shouldered the responsibility of ¼r¦la Prabhup§da’s mission in Hungary. My self-imposed marathon over the last several years became his way so that i could concentrate my time and energy on finishing this book. And he never complained.
By the kind assistance of these wonderful souls i have been able to complete this book. Without them it would not have been possible. The purpose of is to glorify and please R§dh§-¼y§masundara and Their abode. if i have been successful in mercy upon these devotees. The mercy of R§dh§-¼y§ma is truly the most wonderful thing.
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