By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
His Holiness Giriraj Swami has unveiled his latest book, Dancing White Elephants: Traveling with Srila Prabhupada in India, August 1970–March 1972, published by BBT Australia and launched in Vrindavan on November 14 during the auspicious Govardhana-puja celebrations.
Based in Carpinteria, California, Giriraj Swami is one of the most senior sannyasis in ISKCON—and a dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada, who, having read an article by him in Back to Godhead in Gorakhpur in February 1971, told him, “You should write. This is your first business.” Srila Prabhupada then asked young Giriraj to travel with him so that Prabhupada could train him in writing. Because he was engaged in other service, Giriraj was not able to follow Srila Prabhupada’s instruction at the time. Still, he never forgot it, and he picked it up years later when he embarked on writing several books: Watering the Seed; Many Moons: Reflections on Departed Vaishnavas; Life’s Final Exam: Death and Dying from the Vedic Perspective; I’ll Build You a Temple: The Juhu Story; and now Dancing White Elephants.
This new book will capture the minds and hearts of readers and increase their attachment to and love for Srila Prabhupada and his white elephants (his disciples who helped him in his mission). In her foreword, Malati Dasi encourages readers, “This book is a page-turner to the highest degree; once you begin, you just can’t put it down. Through Maharaja’s carefully chosen words, you will see the exquisite sights and feel like you are living the experiences that were part of establishing the Hare Krishna Movement in India. You will meet incredible devotees, who became pillars of this movement through their own storied spiritual growth and advancement, and be introduced to seemingly ordinary persons whose lives became transformed by contact with Prabhupada and his ‘dancing white elephants,’ just as he envisioned.”
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