- "Sakshi-gopala"
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- essays
- describing
- bhakti-yoga,
- the
- science
- of
- self-realization,
- and
- Krishna
- consciousness
- based
- off
- select
- verses
- from
- sacred
- Vedic
- texts
- like
- Bhagavad-gita,
- Ramayana,
- Chaitanya
- Charitamrita,
- and
- others.
- Estimated
- length
- of
- 264
- pages."The
- Lord
- heard
- the
- story
- of
- Sakshi-gopala
- with
- great
- pleasure
- because
- He
- wanted
- to
- impress
- upon
- the
- atheists
- that
- the
- worshipable
- Deities
- in
- the
- temples
- approved
- by
- the
- great
- acharyas
- are
- not
- idols,
- as
- alleged
- by
- men
- with
- a
- poor
- fund
- of
- knowledge."
- (Shrila
- Prabhupada,
- Shrimad
- Bhagavatam, Introduction)
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