A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) was an Indian spiritual chief, scholar, author, and the founding father of the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He unfold the message of Krishna Bhakti of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on the planet and initiated greater than 5000 disciples within the Hare Krishna motion. After working as a businessman to offer for his household for almost all a part of his life, he took Sannyasa very late in his life after which toured the world and have become well-known worldwide for his teachings. He translated main Hindu religious texts like Bhagavad Gita and wrote many religious books on Lord Krishna bhakti and bhakti yoga.
Wiki/Biography
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born Abhay Charan within the Tollygunge suburb in Calcutta (now-Kolkata) in Bengal (now-West Bengal) in India. As per some sources, he was born on 31 August 1896 (age 81 years; on the time of demise), and based on different sources, he was born on 1 September 1896(age 81 years; on the time of demise). As per the Bengali custom then, he was born in his maternal grandparent’s home, and he later moved to his dwelling at 151 Harrison Street in Calcutta. His zodiac signal was Virgo. His dad and mom have been devotees of Lord Krishna, and he additionally turned a devotee from a really younger age. Whereas his mates performed, he went to the temple located close to his home and prayed to Lord Krishna. When he was 5 years outdated, he performed a small rath yatra procession pulling the small rath and distributing Prasada (meals made as an providing for God) to the onlookers. He was a naughty little one throughout his childhood, and his mom needed to rent an individual named Damodara for Rs4 per 30 days to take him to kindergarten faculty and be sure that he didn’t run away from faculty. On the age of eight, he was admitted into Mutty Lall Seal Free Faculty. He turned an avid bike owner whereas rising up and used to roam the streets of Kolkata using his bicycle. When he was twelve years outdated, he was initiated by an expert guru into bhakti; nevertheless, he didn’t pay a lot consideration to the strategies advised to him by the guru, and he devoted extra time to the spiritual workouts taught by his father like rath yatra processions and worship of Radha Krishna. His father additionally wished Swami Prabhupada to develop into a superb Mridangam (drum) participant and stored two academics for him, one for Mridangam and one for teachers. When he was sixteen years outdated, his mom handed away which deeply upset him; nevertheless, his father comforted him by telling him that the soul is everlasting, and the whole lot occurs by Lord Krishna’s will. In 1916, he began pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in arts from the Scottish Faculty, Kolkata. Swami Prabhupada studied Sanskrit and English within the first yr, Sanskrit and Philosophy within the second yr, and Philosophy and Economics within the third yr. He was favored by his academics who supported his co-curricular actions, and he performed the position of the Indian saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in a play named Lifetime of Lord Chaitanya enacted by him and his classmates underneath the course of well-known storyteller Amritlal Bose. Throughout his school days, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and wished to take part within the Indian Independence motion. Though he accomplished his diploma, he refused to simply accept it to show his protest in opposition to the Britishers. His father was at all times involved together with his actions as he wished Swami Prabhupada to develop into a pure devotee and obtained him married on the age of twenty-two; nevertheless, Swami Prabhupada didn’t just like the woman, and he determined to marry for a second time. His father stopped him from marrying for the second time by saying that it was Lord Krishna’s will that he was not connected to his spouse and household, and it could additional assist him to achieve religious development.
Bodily Look
Peak (approx.): 5′ 8″
Weight (approx.): 65 kg
Hair Color: Bald
Eye Color: Black
Household
Swami Prabhupada was born in a Suvarna Banik (gold retailers) Vaishnava (followers of lord Vishnu) household.
Mother and father & Siblings
His father’s identify was Gaur Mohan De, and his mom’s identify was Rajani De. He had one brother Krishna Charan De and two sisters named Rajesvari De and Bhavatarini De.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s sister, Bhavatarini De
Spouse & Youngsters
In 1918, he married Radharani Devi in Kolkata. He was 22 years outdated on the time, and his spouse was 11 years outdated. His spouse handed away in 1984. He had 5 youngsters which included 3 sons and a pair of daughters. His oldest son Prayag Raj was born when his spouse was 14 years outdated, and Prayag turned mentally disturbed later and died on the age of 30 in Kolkata. His first daughter Sulaxmana lived an odd life and lived in Kolkata her entire life. His third little one, a son named Mathura Mohan De, was described as very clever and exquisite by Swami Prabhupada. Mathura Mohan De later turned hostile in direction of Swami Prabhupada after he took Sannyasa and shaped ISKCON. His second daughter Bhaktilata De additionally resented her father as she didn’t like the truth that he took Sannyasa earlier than her marriage. His third son Vrindavana Chandra De was in his early teenagers when Swami Prabhupada took Sannyasa.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s household photograph
Non secular Views
Since his childhood, he was inclined in direction of Lord Krishna. He said on a number of events that Krishna Bhakti is part of the Vedic faith which is for all folks. He asserted that everybody ought to comply with Sanatana Dharma which is the traditional faith and God is Sanatana. He mentioned that Philosophy means establishing the doctrines and having the ability to cause about these doctrines. He mentioned that faith with out philosophy is sentiment and typically fanaticism. He rejected the time period Hindu and Hinduism and said that it was a reputation given to the folks dwelling in India by outsiders. He established varied methods to hunt Lord Krishna bhakti and mentioned that it isn’t required to develop into a sannyasi to achieve the supreme stage of Krishna consciousness. Swami Prabhupada additionally arrange the foundations for Lord Krishna bhakti, telling his disciples to stay a Vsihnav (believer of the Hindu god Lord Vishnu) life, abstain from medicine, smoking, and illicit intercourse, and advised them to conduct spiritual congregations regularly.

Rules written by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in his personal handwriting
The primary job and first assembly with Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
After finishing his research, his father organized a job for Swami Prabhupada at an in depth good friend’s laboratory, The Bose’s Laboratory, the place he was appointed as a supervisor and managed the manufacturing of soaps, medicines, and different medicinal medicine. At the moment, he was persuaded by his good friend Narendranath Mallick to fulfill Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati of Gaudiya Vaishnava Society, so he met Sarasvati Swami at his preaching centre in Gauri Bari Lane (now 1, Ultadanga Major Street) who urged Swami Prabhupada to unfold the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, everywhere in the world. He argued with Sarasvati Swami that India wanted to achieve Independence first earlier than preaching any religious message; nevertheless, Sarasvati Swami replied that the motion of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu can not wait, and it was impartial of any ruler class. After the assembly, he began to learn books based mostly on the lifetime of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and he got here to know from different devotees of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society that Bhaktivinoda Thakur Swami was the daddy of Sarasvati Swami.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s guru, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s guru Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s father, Bhaktivinoda Thakur Swami
Shifting to Allahabad & Initiation
After finding out the completely different books about Lord Krishna, Swami Prabhupada turned extra attracted in direction of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; nevertheless, he had household obligations to maintain. He thought that if he might develop into a profitable businessman, he might additionally contribute to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s mission and his household, therefore, he, alongside together with his household, moved to Allahabad (now Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, India) in 1923 and arrange a store named Prayag Pharmacy. He partnered with a Bengali physician, Dr Ghosh, who agreed to work as a physician at his pharmacy. As his enterprise grew, Swami Prabhupada travelled throughout varied cities in India. In 1930, after his father’s demise, he turned deeply upset. In 1932, he met Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati at Kosi when Sarasvati Swami was doing a tour to Vrindravana to do a month-long Parikrama with just a few of his devotees. After just a few months, Swami Prabhupad was initiated by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati throughout a operate for the inauguration of a Krishna temple by the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society in Allahabad. Sarasvati Swami accepted him as a disciple and gave him Harinama and Brahmana initiation and in addition named him Abhay Charanaravinda. Prayag Pharmacy started to incur losses, and he contemplated shifting to a different metropolis like Bombay (now Mumbai) to arrange a brand new enterprise.
Shifting to Bombay & message from Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
In 1936, after shifting to Bombay(now Mumbai in Maharashtra, India), he as soon as met his godbrothers from the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society who requested his assist to start out a brand new temple within the metropolis. He fortunately agreed to assist and approached many mates to get the funds for the temple. He later wrote a letter to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati asking him if he might do something to assist the mission. Sarasvati Swami replied to him that he ought to unfold the message in English-speaking nations. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati handed away on 1 January 1937, which deeply upset him, and he began pondering of the way to unfold his guru’s message. In Bombay, he began going through losses in his enterprise and determined to maneuver again to Kolkata.
Shifting again to Calcutta & beginning ‘Again to Godhead’ journal
After shifting again to Calcutta (now Kolkata in West Bengal, India), he rented a home at 6 Sita Kanta Banerjee Lane and opened a small chemical laboratory. Within the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society, there was a battle for the subsequent head of the society after the demise of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; nevertheless, he was solely a follower and stored a distance from the executive points. He mentioned the spiritual textual content Srimad Bhagavatam together with his senior godbrother Sridhara Maharaj many occasions and in 1939, he wrote the e book Introduction to Gitopnishad. The devotees of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society learn the e book and have become so blissful after studying it that they conferred the title of Bhaktivedanta to him. In 1944, World Conflict 2 was taking place world wide, and in Calcutta, many individuals have been killed in a famine so he resided in Calcutta alone and despatched his youngsters to Navadvipa (a heritage metropolis in Nadia district in West Bengal). After sending his youngsters away, he started publishing ‘Again to Godhead’ journal at his dwelling. He wrote the journal, obtained it printed and even distributed it himself with none help from different devotees. In 1945, he noticed a dream one night time whereas sleeping during which Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati requested him to simply accept Sannyasa (Renunciation). He was startled by the dream as he had a household and enterprise to maintain and couldn’t take Sannyasa at the moment. He later determined to open a brand new enterprise in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shifting to Lucknow and taking Sannyasa
Swami Prabhupada moved to Lucknow and started a enterprise with Rs 40,000 and named it Abhay Charan De and sons. In 1948, he closed his manufacturing facility as he was unable to pay salaries to his workers. He later opened a number of companies in Lucknow and Allahabad; nevertheless, all of them failed. His spouse and different members of the family didn’t help him in his preachings and discussions about god and in addition abused him. His spouse usually consumed tea which he didn’t like, and someday, his spouse traded his e book Srimad Bhagavatam for some biscuits which angered Swami Prabhupada. He made up his thoughts and determined to depart his dwelling. When he expressed his need of leaving dwelling to evangelise the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, his household thought he would return dwelling quickly; nevertheless, he by no means returned and went to Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He began preaching in just a few localities in Jhansi and even initiated an individual named Prabhakar Mishra who was a trainer. He shaped a bunch often known as the League of Devotees on 16 Might 1953; nevertheless, he failed to search out any full-time disciples who would give up absolutely to the trigger. When he tried to lease a home in Jhansi, he confronted political strain and monetary issues which compelled him to depart Jhansi.

The operate of the grand opening of the League of Devotees

The League of Devotees ashram in Jhansi
He was invited by his godbrothers Keshava Maharaja and Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaja to their ashrama (centres) in Mathura and requested for his assist in publishing their magazines Gaudiya Patrika and Sajjana Tosani. After spending just a few days in Mathura, he then moved to Delhi and stayed on the ashrama of one other godbrother Bhakti Saranga Maharaja. After dwelling for just a few days on the ashrama, he turned distraught with different godbrothers dwelling within the ashrama who, he thought, weren’t doing sufficient work to unfold the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He began to stay in Delhi on his personal and began publishing his Again to Godhead journal once more. He distributed the journal within the streets of Delhi for just a few months. He then moved to Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh and rented a room for Rs 5 per 30 days on the highest of Vansi Gopala Mandir close to Keshi Ghat from the place he might see the complete metropolis of Vrindavana. He continued writing Again to Godhead journal and despatched them to a printer in Delhi each fortnight. Someday, he met his disciple Prabhakar Mishra in Vrindavana who launched him to some individuals who have been conducting spiritual seminars in Bombay. He went to Bombay and tried to revive the League of Devotees; nevertheless, his efforts have been in useless. He once more noticed a dream one night time whereas sleeping during which Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati urged him once more to simply accept Sannyasa. He had already left his household and there have been no enterprise obligations now, so he determined to take Sannyasa. He contacted his godbrother Tirtha Maharaja, a frontrunner of Chaitanya Gaudiya Temple in Mayapur and Calcutta for his Sannyasa initiation; nevertheless, Tirtha Maharaja replied that Swami Prabhupada wanted to hitch Chaitanya Gaudiya Temple first and the books, which Swami Prabhupada wished to print, wanted to be of service to the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society and the whole lot would rely upon the funds raised. Swami Prabhupada didn’t discover the reply beneficial, and he approached his godbrother Keshava Maharaja who fortunately accepted his request. In 1959, he obtained Sannyasa at Keshavji Gaudiya Temple in Mathura and gave up white garments and was given the identify Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami. He later moved again to Vrindavana, and after receiving an invite from the caretaker of Radha Damodara Ji’s temple Gaurachand Goswami, he shifted to a room in Radha Damodara Ji Temple from the room in Vansi Gopala Mandir.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (excessive proper) throughout his Sannyasa ceremony
Translation of Srimad Bhagavatam & going to the US
Whereas dwelling in Radha Damodara Ji’s temple, he continued writing Again to Godhead journal; nevertheless, when considered one of his mates advised that he ought to publish books as a substitute of magazines which may very well be simply thrown away, he additionally started translating Srimad Bhagavatam from Sanskrit into English. He met the Indian Independence activist, journal editor, and philanthropist Hanuman Prasad Poddar who donated Rs 4000 for the publication of his translation of the e book Srimad Bhagavatam. After receiving reward from just a few eminent personalities like second Indian president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan OM and his godbrothers for his e book, he determined to go overseas to evangelise the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He met Mr Agrawal, whose son, Gopal, who lived in Butler, Pennsylvania, US at the moment, agreed to sponsor him for one month. Then, he met the chairperson of Scindia Steam Navigation Firm Sumati Morarjee for a ticket to the US on any of her firm’s ships. Swami Prabhupada was 69 years outdated at the moment, and at first, Sumati Morarjee declined to provide him any ticket as a result of his age; nevertheless, she later agreed to offer him with a seat in considered one of her cargo ships Jaladutta. Someday previous to his departure, he visited the Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in Mayapur to pay obeisances on the samadhi of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. He left for the US from the ports of Calcutta on 13 August 1965 and carried solely a suitcase, an umbrella, and some kilos of dry cereals. He additionally carried a number of trunks of books which have been stored individually within the baggage part of the ship.

Ticket of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for going to US by way of Jaladutta ship
Touchdown within the US & dwelling in New York
After a harmful 35-day journey, he landed on the port of New York on 19 September 1965. He spent the primary few days on the home of his sponsor Gopal Agarwal in Butler, Pennsylvania, US the place Gopal’s spouse Sally Agarwal and their little one Brij grew very keen on Swami Prabhupada and known as him Swamiji. He later moved to New York to stay with Dr Rammurti Misra, a yoga trainer and Sanskrit scholar. He lived with Dr Misra in his condominium at 33 Riverside Drive, beside the Hudson River. which was on the fourteenth ground and had giant home windows going through the river. After just a few weeks, Dr Misra shifted Swami Prabhupada to his yoga studio on the fifth ground at 100 West Seventy-second Road, close to Columbus Avenue. After dwelling there for just a few weeks, he began dwelling on his personal at condominium quantity 307 in the identical constructing and began doing lessons the place he taught Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message. He bought his books to earn some cash for survival; nevertheless, his typewriter and recorder have been stolen, and he moved to a makeshift tent the place he preached to younger folks, most of them have been hooked on medicine. He later moved to the house of considered one of his college students, Carl Yeargens, the place he was not handled properly by Carl’s spouse Eva who didn’t imagine his preaching. After just a few days, he moved to a small storefront at 26 Second Avenue which was earlier often known as Matchless Presents. He gave weekly lessons about Lord Krishna bhakti and began getting consideration from many individuals who have been curious about Indian tradition.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada storefront on the second avenue
Discovering ISKCON & touring the world
After dwelling within the US for one yr, he gained just a few followers who unfold Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message and roamed the streets of New York with him doing sankirtanas (spiritual chanting) and distributing spiritual books. On 13 July 1966, he registered his motion of Lord Krishna bhakti as The Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) as a non-profit tax-exempt spiritual organisation with the assistance of an area lawyer, Stephen Goldsmith. He registered the small storefront as a temple and held an initiation ceremony the place his followers accepted him as their religious grasp and took vows of Lord Krishna bhakti. His devotees started to do sankirtanas every day within the streets, and in October 1966, his devotees organised a sankirtana in Tompkins Sq. Park in New York Metropolis which turned extensively well-liked, and the sankirtana’s particulars have been revealed in The New York Instances the subsequent day. Swami Prabhupada’s reputation started to skyrocket after this occasion, and he began to get a excessive variety of followers. He managed the lessons and sankirtanas throughout the day and wrote books at night time and slept just for 3 to 4 hours. Swami Prabhupada then toured varied cities within the US, opened many temples, did sankirtanas, and performed Rath Yatras throughout completely different cities within the US. In 1968, he opened a centre often known as the New Vrindavana neighborhood centre in West Virginia, US, and in 1972, he opened a Gurukula faculty with a Vedic type of educating in Dallas, Texas. Through the Seventies, he toured the world 14 occasions, initiated greater than 5000 followers, and opened 108 temples. In 1972, he established the headquarters of ISKCON in Mayapur in West Bengal, India.

A be aware written by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada after finalising the identify ISKCON

ISKCON registration doc

The New York Instances article concerning the Tompkins Sq. Park operate

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada throughout an initiation ceremony
Swami Prabhupada’s Writings
Swami Prabhupada was an distinctive author and wrote many books on Lord Krishna bhakti and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message. In 1944, he wrote a translation of the Hindu textual content Srimad Bhagavatam and wrote the e book Introduction to Gitopnishad. Through the ultimate twelve years of his life, he wrote translations of over 60 volumes of basic Hindu scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Chaitanya Charitamrita, and Srimad Bhagavatam into the English language. He additionally wrote a number of books in Bengali like Gita Gyan and Vairagya Vidya. He additionally wrote the e book Bhagavad-Gita As It Is which was revealed by Macmillan Publishers in 1968. In 1972, Bhaktivedanta Guide Belief was established to publish his works, and by February 2014, it had distributed over half a billion books written by Swami Prabhupada since 1965. His books have been translated into greater than 85 languages and are considered considered one of Swami Prabhupada’s greatest contributions to the Hare Krishna motion.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada translating the Hindu scripture books from Sanskrit into English
Tribute to Swami Prabhupada
Swami Prabhupada is revered by his followers, and lots of followers have written their tales and talked about the position of Swami Prabhupada of their lives. His lectures given in many spiritual congregations have been recorded and revealed in lots of books by his disciples. Since he was constantly touring completely different nations world wide, his disciples wrote letters to him, and he wrote letters again to them. These letters have been compiled and revealed in several books. Greater than 5 hundred morning stroll conversations have been revealed by his disciples in type of books, audio, and movies. A number of documentaries have been made on his life which depicts his life and his journey world wide to unfold Lord Krishna bhakti. In 2017, a documentary titled Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Motion and the Swami Who Began It was launched which contained archive footage of his excursions and travels.
Swami Prabhupada’s final days & samadhi
In Might 1977, Swami Prabhupada began dwelling in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India in a home donated by a disciple. On 17 Might 1977, he got here to Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh, India and expressed his need to his shut disciples to depart his physique within the holy land of Vrindavana. He shaped the Governing Physique Fee (GBC) of ISKCON and arrange the foundations for the Bhaktivedanta Guide Belief, and the procedures of initiation. He toured varied temples in Vrindavana and paid his obeisances to Lord Krishna. He had develop into very frail and weak by that point, ate little or no and solely drank just a few sips of liquids. He spent his final three days together with his disciples on the Krishna Balaram Temple in Vrindavana. On the final day, he didn’t eat something and met disciples for the entire day. At 7:30 pm on 14 November 1977, he breathed his final on the age of 81 years and took samadhi. His physique was buried within the Krishna Balaram Temple in Vrindavana.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada throughout his final days
Controversies
Controversial statements in opposition to African-People, Jews, and Ladies
A number of folks have alleged that Swami Prabhupada gave a number of statements in opposition to African-People and ladies which point out that he was hateful in direction of them. It’s claimed that Swami Prabhupada referred to African-People as demons and believed that darkish individuals are the underside a part of the human race. It’s alleged that Swami Prabhupada as soon as mentioned that America is a misplaced civilisation as in a first-class automotive like Rolls Royce, third-class residents (African-People) are travelling. In considered one of his initiation ceremonies, Swami Prabhupada claimed that Hitler was an amazing scholar of the Bhagavad Gita, and he killed Jews as these folks have been financing the communist revolution in Russia and had little interest in faith and nationalism. Considered one of his devotees, Gopagopisvara Das claimed that Swami Prabhupada was a believer in racism. It’s alleged that Swami Prabhupada believed that girls are inferior to males, and through considered one of his morning walks, he allegedly mentioned {that a} lady likes a person who’s an knowledgeable of rape.
Defending little one abusers of his Gurukuls
In 2000, Swami Prabhupada was named as an accused in a criticism filed in Dallas, Texas, US by 44 former college students of the Gurukuls of ISKCON. It was alleged that in 1972, when Swami Prabhupada managed the ISKCON gurukuls, he was knowledgeable concerning the bodily and sexual abuse of kids in gurukuls; nevertheless, he protected the wrongdoers and hid this data from the general public in addition to dad and mom.
Details/Trivia
- His nickname throughout his childhood was Nandulal.
- When Swami Prabhupada was a toddler, an astrologer visited his home and mentioned that he would journey to completely different nations after 70 years of age and would set up 108 temples all world wide.
- When Swami Prabhupada boarded the Jaladutta ship to go to the US for the primary time, there was nobody current from his godbrothers to bid goodbye to him besides his good friend Mr Sisir Bhattacharya and Swami Prabhupada’s son Vrindavana Chandra, whom he had met just one yr go in Lucknow.
- After Swami Prabhupada handed away, his son Mathura Mohan De filed a police criticism and sought management of ISKCON by claiming it as his household’s inheritance; nevertheless, the choice was given within the favour of ISKCON in 1993.
- The documentary titled Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Motion and the Swami Who Began It received the Function Competitors Jury Prize on the Illuminate Movie Pageant in Sedona, Arizona, US in 2017.
- Throughout his school days, he stopped sporting western garments and wore solely white garments made from Khadi to help Mahatma Gandhi’s name for independence.
- He got here to the US with solely $ 10 {dollars}, and when he was going to the US by way of ship, he suffered two coronary heart assaults on the best way.
- A member of the Beatles band, George Harrison, turned his disciple, and the band launched an album on the Hare Krishna Mahamantra which is ‘Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.’
- In 1996, the federal government of India issued a postal stamp in his honour, and in 2015, the Malaysian authorities on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of his USA go to.
- When he went to the USA, he solely had Rs40 or $7 with him.
- Throughout a non secular congregation in Mumbai, a boy proclaimed that Lord Krishna was not god and he was a god. Listening to this, Swami Prabhupada turned offended and ousted him from the congregation.
- His identify Abhay Charan means one who’s fearless, having taken shelter at Lord Krishna’s toes. His identify Bhaktivedanta means one who has realised that devotional service to the Supreme Lord is the tip of all data. ‘His identify Prabhupada means ‘he who has taken the shelter of the lotus toes of the Lord.’
- India’s former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee attended a operate within the ISKCON temple in New Delhi on the event of Ram Navmi on 5 April 1998. Whereas delivering his speech, he praised Swami Prabhupada and his followers for his or her devoted mission of printing, distributing, and explaining the holy Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita in several elements of the world and mentioned,
If the Bhagavad Gita, the holy textual content of the Hindu traditions, is printed in tens of millions of copies and scores of languages and distributed in all nooks and corners of the world, the credit score for this nice sacred service goes mainly to ISKCON. For this accomplishment alone, Indians must be eternally grateful to the devoted religious military of Swami Prabhupada, the founding father of the Hare Krishna motion, and to his followers.”
- He organised the primary Rath Yatra outdoors of India on 9 July 1967 in San Francisco, US.
- Swami Prabhupada was born in a small cottage underneath a jackfruit tree that was inbuilt his maternal grandparent’s home specifically to provide delivery. On 5 Might 1977, Swami Prabhupada wrote a letter in Bengali to his grand nephew and disciple Sankarshan Das asking him to amass the place the place he was born. In 2013, his disciples bought the cottage and are planning to amass 2 acres space round it.
- He suffered from persistent Kidney illness induced as a result of diabetes.
- Swami Prabhupada established Brahmacharini ashrams the place single girls, who wished to apply Lord Krishna bhakti, lived.
- As soon as he was distributing his Again to Godhead journal in Delhi, he was charged by a bull and rendered unconscious. In a separate occasion, he was distributing the journal in scorching warmth and fell unconsciously after struggling a warmth stroke.
- Though Swami Prabhupada was a Mahatma Gandhi supporter throughout his school day, he later claimed whereas speaking to considered one of his disciples that Gandhi’s concepts have been bogus, and India obtained independence as a result of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He additionally revealed that Subhash Bose was his senior in school by one yr. He mentioned,
Gandhi, when he began nonviolence, “Inside one yr” And he dragged for 50 years. Twenty years in Durban and thirty years in India. Couldn’t do something. In the event you say that Gandhi couldn’t do something, folks will probably be offended. However see, research the entire historical past. What did he do? Did the Britishers take care of Gandhi’s nonviolent motion? Pat him. “Let this rascal go on together with his motion. We’ll go on.” That was the disagreement with Subhash Bose. Subhash Bose mentioned, “Mahatmaji, they are going to by no means go by this nonviolence. You must take to violence.” He mentioned that “I’ll by no means have independence, however I can’t take it.” Subsequently he left India. When he organized that INA and when the Britishers felt the (vague), “Now the troopers have joined,” all hopes misplaced. They didn’t hand over India for Gandhi’s nonviolence.”
- When Swami Prabhupada lived within the bowery, he was attacked by an individual who was underneath the affect of medicine. This incident alarmed him concerning the lack of safety, and he subsequently moved to the storefront on second avenue.
- He suffered a coronary heart stroke in Might 1967 whereas dwelling within the US. He got here again to Vrindavana in Mathura, India in July 1967.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada together with his disciples
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