—Carl Lange

All glories to the Spiritual Master who, out of his causeless mercy, has picked us up from the darkness and misery of the ocean of birth and death, and guides us by the radiance of his pure soul back to our original blissful position of eternal devoted servitors of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna. I offer my most humble obeisances to the Spiritual Master who is the transparent medium between this most fallen and conditioned soul and the All-Pure Govinda. The Spiritual Master is teaching the highest of all knowledge and the prime benediction for our souls, chanting and glorifying the Holy Names of Krishna. It is only through these means that we can develop pure love of God and have a taste for the nectarine of Krishna's Name and Pastimes and tinge our eyes with the salve of love so that we too can see Krishna with these eyes and deliver ourselves from the material entanglement back to Godhead.

All glories to Prabhupad!

-Carl Lange
(ISKCON-Seattle)