Srila Prabhupada came to lecture at Upsala University in Sweden. After the lecture a student raised his hand and said, "In his book Siddhartha, Hermeann Hesse says......" and he went on talking for sometime. Prabhupada let him speak and when he was finished, Prabhupada said,"Who is Hermann Hesse ?" At that time Hermann Hesse was popular. If you didn't know who Hermann Hesse was, you were nobody.

The student replied, "You don't know who Hermann Hesse is? He is the author of this and that."

Prabhupada said," Hermann Hesse is not one of the acaryas. Therefore, he has no importance," and that was the end of it. Prabhupada swept the issue away.

Jai Prabhupada !!!!

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