Book Excerpt

[Footnote on opening spread: Excerpted from Chasing Rhinos with the Swami, Volume 1. Copyright 2017 Shyamasundar das (Sam Speerstra). Available from the Krishna.com Store and the author’s website: www.chasingrhinos.com. This excerpt retains the book's style for dealing with Sanskrit words and other considerations.]

[The phrase "chasing rhinos" in the title Chasing Rhinos with the Swami alludes to a saying Prabhupada used when he spoke of trying to do something big in Krsna's service. In a 1971 letter, Prabhupada wrote, " We should always be enthusiastic to try for capturing the rhinoceros. That way, if we fail, everyone will say, “Never mind, nobody can catch a rhinoceros anyway,” and if we succeed, then everyone will say, “Just see what a wonderful thing they have done!”]