Psychologists Praise Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Publications

There's one science that nearly all of us want to know about: the science of the self. The Eastern counterpart of what Westerners call psychology is yoga, the science of linking the self with the Supreme Self-a treasure long "locked away" in the Sanskrit language of ancient India's Vedic literatures. No wonder, then, that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's word-for-word translations and clear-cut explanations of the Vedic literatures have won the acclaim of psychologists.

Dr. James N. Mosel, Emeritus Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychology at the George Washington University, says this about Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is: "To the psychologist, the Bhagavad-gita is of great interest because it is perhaps the most ancient account on record of a remarkable psychotherapeutic session, administered to a 'patient' suffering from what today some would call 'ontological anxiety.' Swami Bhaktivedanta's translation is most useful in gaining an understanding of the psychological doctrine involved. . . . The translation affords the reader a rare and most welcome balance between the document's literal psychological content and its philosophic import."

Garry Gelade, Professor of Psychology at England's Oxford University, makes this appraisal of Srila Prabhupada's Srimad-Bhagavatam: "This is a book to be treasured.... The clarity and precision of his commentaries on the text can rarely have been equalled. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads this book with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impressed."