Pleasant Surprise at Passport Control

When we landed the other day at the Sofia, Bulgaria airport we proceeded as usual to passport control to get our passports stamped in order to legally enter into Bulgaria. Some of the agents were handling EU passports and some were handling non-EU passports. So we dutifully got in the queue for non-EU passports. But then we noticed that a young woman who was working an EU-only booth was calling us over to clear customs at her desk. After we handed her our passports I was thinking how amazing it was that she was smiling at us so nicely. Traveling regularly around the world we have cleared customs literally hundreds of times. The agents are sometimes nice and sometimes not so nice. But this one was exceptionally nice, and I could not figure out why. After she finished stamping our passports she handed them back to us and said, "Hari bol", and I could immediately understand how nicely our movement is spreading in Bulgaria.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why is Srila Prabhupada the Greatest Spiritual Master in History?

Hare Krishna!

Thank you very much for your response, it helped me understand part of my previous doubts. I would like to ask you to please answer my second question, if possible:

Do you also consider for example Jesus or Mohammed great spiritual masters, and if so, why do you consider Srila Prabhupada to be greater than them?

Val

Answer: Srila Prabhupada Delivered the Highest Level Understanding to the Entire World

Jesus and Mohammed are both great spiritual masters. Srila Prabhupada exceeded them by distributing all over the world a much more highly advanced understanding of the science of God. If you will carefully read all of His books, you will understand why Srila Prabhupada is the pre-eminent acharya in the history of the universe.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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