This book is based on the teachings of and dedicated to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Narada Muni traveled all over the universe singing the glories of Lord Krishna. On one such journey to earth, he met a brahmin priest.

The brahmin was a proud man. He had just finished his daily rituals when Narada Muni met him.

"Namaste, Oh Naradaji," said the brahmin. "May your life be successful." "Oh Brahmin," replied Narada Muni, "Since you travel all over the universe, will you be visiting Vaikuntha soon? If so will you please ask Lord Narayana when I will join Him there? I am sure it will be soon. But I just want to make sure," asked the arrogant priest.

A little later Narada Muni came across a cobbler. He sat on the roadside mending shoes."

"Narayana! Narayana! How are you?" asked Narada Muni.

Narada Muni then departed for the spiritual world. There he met Lord Narayana and mentioned to Him about the brahmin priest and the cobbler.

Lord Narayana then told Narada Muni, "Tell the brahmin that he will return to Me only after one hundred lifetimes, while the cobbler can be told that he will see Me at the end of this present lifetime.

Narada Muni was surprised because the priest was supposed to be of an elevated status while the cobbler was that of a lowly caste of people who made shoes from the skin of dead animals. So he naturally believed that the priest had the first hand chance of going to Vaikuntha.

Lord Narayana understood what was going on in Narada Muni's mind. He addressed him, "When you meet them they will ask you want I was doing when you met Me. Tell them I was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle.

Although Narada Muni was perplexed, he continued on his journey....