Priceless Moments with a Pure Devotee
Title: Priceless Moments with a Pure Devotee
Author: Trivikrama Swami
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT)
Publication Date: 2023
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 123
A newly released memoir captures deeply personal and heartfelt exchanges between Srila Prabhupada and his devotee, Trivikrama Swami. By immersing our minds in reflecting on the actions and teachings of this pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada, we can draw closer to him within our hearts. There is truly nothing more uplifting than this.
Priceless Moments with a Pure Devotee is a memoir written by His Holiness Trivikrama Swami, a senior sannyasi disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (the founder of ISKCON). The book documents his personal, intimate experiences and memories with Srila Prabhupada between the late 1960s and 1977 and is structured as a collection of personal memories and exchanges, capturing the atmosphere of early ISKCON and the direct instruction of Srila Prabhupada.
It chronicles his time as a young devotee in New York in 1968, his initiation, and later his service as a traveling sannyasi and personal masseur to Prabhupada. It also highlights the relationship between a strict, loving servant and his spiritual master, including instructions on preaching, dealing with challenges, and traveling to India and the Far East. The author provides reflections as a senior devotee, with advice on keeping the ISKCON institution united and adhering to the foundational instructions of Prabhupada. It recounts significant, intimate moments such as the author's early, candid interactions with Prabhupada, and the emotional, final days of Srila Prabhupada in Vrindavana in 1977.
Priceless Moments with a Pure Devotee is considered a significant contribution to the personal accounts of Srila Prabhupada’s life, often described by fellow devotees as a "love story" between a disciple and his guru.
