Early in Visakha's book she quotes Prabhupada, one of the first times she encountered him. He says: "Simply by arguing and reasoning you cannot make spiritual advancement ... you cannot understand the absolute truth by argument, by material dealings.”. (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

Early in Visakha's book she quotes Prabhupada, one of the first times she encountered him. He says: "Simply by arguing and reasoning you cannot make spiritual advancement ... you cannot understand the absolute truth by argument, by material dealings.”.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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