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Important Masterworks: Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta and Jaiva Dharma

Exact Words of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda
“And he has left behind him many books: Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta, Jaiva Dharma.”
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura Appearance Day Lecture, London, September 3, 1971
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Also from the same address: “These are very important books.” Spoken on the Appearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in London, September 3, 1971.

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