Giving the Western people knowledge by books

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

The Krsna consciousness movement is very eager to present Vedic literature in
modern languages, especially Western languages such as English, French and
German. The leaders of the Western world, the Americans and Europeans, have
become the idols of modern civilization because the Western people are very
sophisticated in temporary activities for the advancement of material
civilization. A sane man, however, can see that all such grand activities,
although perhaps very important for temporary life, have nothing to do with
eternal life. The entire world is imitating the materialistic civilization of
the West, and therefore the Krsna consciousness movement is very much
interested in giving the Western people knowledge by translating the original
Sanskrit Vedic literatures into Western languages.
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From Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.5.18