066 - Free Will ("Message of Godhead" pages 54-57)

Srila Prabhupada wrote Message of Godhead in the 1950s, while still  living at the Radha-Damodara temple in Vrindavan,  India. It was one of  his first book-length manuscripts, yet wasn't  discovered until years  after he had come to the West. It was first  published in 1991.  With  vivid examples and clear, gentlemanly English, Prabhupada makes the   case that there's much more to reality than what our senses can   perceive. "The human being is therefore considered to be the highest of   all creations," he says, "and we must understand the nature of this   higher standing." One can't be fully human without a basic  understanding  of the self, the supreme self, and the purpose of life.   Message of Godhead is one of Srila Prabhupada's slimmest written  volumes, yet it stands as  a compelling, comprehensive introduction to  all the major points of  Krishna conscious philosophy, which he explains  in much greater detail  in his Bhagavad-gita As It Is and  Srimad-Bhagavatam. ("Message of Godhead" pages 49-54) The book  can be   read, purchased or ordered at biglink.to/messageofgodhead