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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada) appeared in this world in 1896, Calcutta India. He arrived in New York with only eight dollars, and in July 1966, after a year of great hardship, established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), which would gradually attract tens of thousands of followers. Within three years, he journeyed to London, where he initially stayed as John Lennon's guest at Tittenhurst estate, and in 1972 established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, publishing great volumes of highly respected Vedic literature, including Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and 18 volumes of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Today the Hare Krsna mantra has been heard by millions, making Srila Prabhupada the largest exponent of the mantra since Lord Chaitanya, 500 years ago. Srila Prabhupada left this world on November 14 1977. "When a soul wants to enjoy this material world, forgetting his real home in the spiritual world, he takes this life of hard struggle for existence. This unnatural life of repeated birth and death, disease, and old age can be stopped when his consciousness is dovetailed with the Supreme consciousness of God. That is the basic principle of our Krsna movement." ~ Srila Prabhupada 1972. "Srila Prabhupada has already had an amazing effect on the world. There's no way of measuring it. One day I just realized, "God, this man is amazing!" He would sit up all night translating Sanskrit into English, putting in glossaries to make sure everyone understands it, and yet he never came off as someone above you. He always had that childlike simplicity, and what's most amazing is the fact that he did all this translating in such a relatively short time-just a few years. And without having anything more than his own Krsna consciousness, he rounded up all these thousands of devotees, set the whole movement in motion, which became something so strong that it went on even after he left. And it's still escalating even now at an incredible rate. It will go on and on from the knowledge he gave. It can only grow and grow. The more people wake up spiritually, the more they'll begin to realize the depth of what Prabhupada was saying-how much he gave." ~ George, 1982
George, Patti and Srila Prabhupada picture.
"The first thing is to understand that you are a spirit soul. And because you are a spirit soul, you are changing your body. This is the ABC of spiritual understanding. So, when your body is finished, annihilated, you are not finished. You get another body, just as you may change your coat and shirt. If you come to see me tomorrow wearing a different shirt and a different coat, does this mean you are a different person? No. Similarly, each time you die you change bodies, but you, the spirit soul within the body, remain the same." ~ Srila Prabhupada
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"He who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, who sees all living entities as His parts and parcels and who sees the Supreme Lord within everything, never hates anything nor any being." ~ Mantra Six, Sri Isopanisad |
"Krishna consciousness is already there in the core of everyone's heart. But because of our materially conditioned life, we have forgotten it. The process of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare-revives the Krishna consciousness we already have." ~ Srila Prabhupada "Even though he was the greatest Sanskrit scholar and a saint, I appreciated the fact that he never made me feel uncomfortable. In fact, he always went out of his way to make me feel comfortable. I always thought of him as sort of a lovely friend, really, and now he's still a lovely friend." ~ George Links
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Recommended reading: Bhagavad Gita As It Is Coming Back Beyond Birth & Death Nectar of Devotion Science of Self Realization Sri Isopanisad Available from The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |
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