Chasing Rhinos With The Swami - Volume 1

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad changed the world. When he came to America from India in 1965, few Westerners knew the deep spiritual truths behind ancient Vedic culture and civilization.Within a decade most humans on the planet had heard the Hare Krishna mantra. Shyamasundar Das (Sam Speerstra) was one of the Swami s earliest disciples. In three volumes, Chasing Rhinos with the Swami describes in loving detail the seven years Shyamasundar spent at the side of the Perfect Person. Nothing was impossible for Srila Prabhupad, and he instilled this idea in the hearts of his first disciples: Go for the rhino! Volume One of the Chasing Rhinos trilogy is the intimate account of Bhaktivedanta Swami s amazing adventures in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and with the Beatles in London, 1967-1970. These unique eye-witness stories have never been revealed in this special way, and will never be told this way again. Reading this deeply-researched treasure should be sadhana (spiritual practice) for every aspiring seeker.

• Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love: A Memoir
• The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami
• Blazing Sadhus
• Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West
• Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
• Inside the Hare Krishna Movement: An Ancient Eastern Religious Tradition Comes of Age in the Western World
• The Journey Within: Exploring the Path of Bhakti
• Wise-Love: Bhakti and the Search for the Soul of Consciousness
• Life's Final Exam: Death and Dying from the Vedic Perspective
• The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet