{"product_id":"civilization-and-transcendence","title":"Civilization And Transcendence","description":"\u003ch3 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"page-heading\"\u003eHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June of 1976, Bhavan's Journal, a Bombay cultural and religious magazine, sent various religious and spiritual leaders a questionnaire, seeking enlightened answers to some of the perplexing questions of the day, such as the place of religion in modern society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne recipient of their questionnaire was Srila Prabhupada, who took the opportunity to make a thorough presentation of the ideal Vedic civilization, show the faults of modern society from the viewpoint of transcendence, and offer practical solutions based on Krishna conscious teachings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis answers to Bhavan's Journal were later compiled and published as Civilization and Transcendence, a compact and lively book of questions and answers like this:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e    Srila Prabhupada: We are sometimes labeled \"escapists.\" What is the charge?\u003cbr\u003e    Disciple: They say we are escaping from reality.\u003cbr\u003e    Srila Prabhupada: Yes, escaping your fruitless endeavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- BBT.org\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhakti Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48915142901985,"sku":null,"price":1.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/3234\/0705\/files\/cover_ct_pb.png?v=1786670910","url":"https:\/\/www.bhaktieducation.org\/products\/civilization-and-transcendence","provider":"Bhakti Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}