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Narrated by Amala Bhakta Das

One of the most confusing traditions for Westerners to understand is the worship of a plant called Tulasi Devi. There is a lovely story attached to the practice, which epxains many things, including why...

• Tulasi Devi is considered one of the Lord's greatest devotees.
• She is worshipped daily in all Vaisnava temples.
• She descended from the spiritual world to this realm.
• She preformed thousands of years of austerity to obtain Lord Vishnu as her husband.
• She became both the sacred Tulasi plant as well as the holy Gandaki River.
• All worship of Lord Vishnu must contain an offering of Tulasi leaves.
• Lord Krishna always wears a garland of Tulasi leaves around his neck.
• The Lord allowed Tulasi to curse him to become a stone--a stone in which he Manifests Himself as the Salagrama-sila.
• A conchshell is considered sacred and must be used in various worship ceremonies.

Also discover the many benefits of worshipping the Tulasi plant and Salagrama-sila. The original book, The Life of Tulasi Devi was reviewed and approved by Gopiparanadhana Dasa, Sanskrit editor of the BBT.

One MP3 CD; approximately 2 hours and 58 minutes. Note: Slight imperfections have occurred during the transfer from the original cassettes to the MP3 format CDs.