The Dental College of Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India invited us from ISKM Puducherry to deliver a lecture on “Curing the Cancer of the Mind” on the 13th of August, 2016. As part of our youth education outreach program called S.P.A.R.K. (Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Academy for Real Knowledge), we accepted the invitation and presented the subject based on the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is authored by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

The qualities of the mind and the methods of controlling it by proper association, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and the reading the transcendental books were discussed amongst the audience which included 250 doctors and students of the Dental Fraternity. The students and staff appreciated the presentation and the college rewarded us by presenting a special trophy and certificate. Many doubts of the students on this subject were put to rest. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books were distributed amongst the audience, which received a good response.