Krishnabookspov
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With the commentary Dig-Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā of Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī
According to Vedic tradition, these “Hymns of Brahmā” were recited or sung countless millennia ago by the first embodied being, Lord Brahmā, just before he created the universe. The book consists of a brief description of Brahmā’s enlightenment by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed by Brahmā’s extraordinarily beautiful prayers elucidating the content of his revelation.
Although the whole of the Brahma-saṁhitā has not been located, the fifth chapter stands alone as a short but complete work.
His Holiness Bhānu Swami was born in Canada to Japanese parents and is a senior disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, founder-/ācārya/ of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He holds a BA degree in the history of Oriental fine arts from the University of British Colombia. He joined the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in Tokyo in 1970 and was initiated in 1971. He accepted the /sannyāsa/ order in 1984.
He began his translation work in the 1970s, beginning with preparing a Japanese translation of one of Śrīla Prabhupāda's books into Japanese. He has studied Sanskrit and Bengali, and has translated a number of the works of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava /ācāryas/ into English.