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“I cannot discriminate — man, woman, child, rich, poor, educated, or foolish. Let them all come, and let them take Krishna consciousness”
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Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the world. Born as Abhay Charan De and later legally named Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, he is often referred to as "Bhaktivedanta Swami", "Srila Prabhupada", or simply "Prabhupada".
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culture · Indian spiritual teacher (1896–1977) · writer · translator · philosopher · also A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Abhay Charan De, Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, Srila Prabhupada, Prabhupada
Born 1 September 1896 · Died 14 November 1977 · Q234898
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“I cannot discriminate — man, woman, child, rich, poor, educated, or foolish. Let them all come, and let them take Krishna consciousness”
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“s eleven-verse Upadeshamrita, one of Rupa Goswami”
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“Making these Vaiṣṇava texts available is one of Śrīla Prabhupāda”
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“The Hare Krishna Movement is based on the principle: chant Hare Krishna mantra at every moment, both inside and outside of the temples, and, as far as possible, distribute prasadam”
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Scottish Church College and the Bhaktivedanta Research Center jointly established the "A
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The BBT printed more than two million pieces of literature
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On the 125th anniversary of Prabhupada's birth, by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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“You are married and your husband is striving to become a devotee of KRSNA, so you become his devotee, that is the position of husband and wife … the wife will take benefit and advance in spiritual life by serving her husband.”
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John Griesser, a Prabhupada disciple, produced an uncritical 91-minute film: Hare Krishna
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The fiftieth anniversary of Prabhupada's departure from Kolkata to the United States, a two-meter-high bronze monument, created by Ukrainian sculptor Volodymyr Zhuravel, was unveiled in Kolkata by the Governor of West Be
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Davis wrote, "The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust estimates that twenty-three million copies of Prabhupada's translation have been sold, including the English original and secondary translations into fifty-six other languages"
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Published video “San Francisco TV Interview”.
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Published video “Prabhupada at St Francis Seminary”.
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Published video “Los Angeles Lecture”.
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Published video “Dancing at Rathayatra Festival”.
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Published video “Conversation with Professors LA”.
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Published video “Conversation with Professor LA”.
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Published video “Australia Lecture”.
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Published video “Arrival Address LA”.
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Published video “Srila Prabhupada's first interview in New York City, October 1966.”.
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Rochford wrote, "[T]he fact that ISKCON has survived for nearly 50 years, despite significant change, is a testament to the devotees' resilience and to the power of Prabhupada's teachings and vision for ISKCON"
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Ketola wrote that there were more than thirty historical, biographical, and autobiographical works centering on Prabhupada
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The City of New York installed a plaque in Tompkins Square Park to mark the "Hare Krishna tree", the elm under which Prabhupada and his early followers first began chanting the Hare Krishna mantra in 1966
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Speaking at the opening ceremony of an ISKCON temple in New Delhi, Prime Minister Vajpayee credited Prabhupada's movement with publishing the Bhagavad Gita "in millions of copies in scores of Indian languages" and distri
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The Government of India issued a commemorative stamp in Prabhupada's honor and in 2021 a 125-rupee commemorative coin
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Gaurav Seth produced the fifty-five-minute biographical film Prabhupada: A Lifetime in Preparation
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Two years after Prabhupada's death, the memorial site is now a place of worship and an attraction for pilgrims and tourists, listed in America's National Register of Historic Places
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A prominent entrance road into Vrindavan was named Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg after Prabhupada
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Died 1977-11-14.
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Four months before his death, he appointed eleven senior disciples to perform spiritual initiations on his behalf while he was ill
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“Tylko ci, którym sprzyja szczęście mają sposobność obcowania z Kṛṣṇą i bhaktą Kṛṣṇy. W ten sposób zostają obdarzeni nasionkiem służby oddania, mantrą Hare Kṛṣṇa, a ich życie staje się wzniosłe. Kuntīdevī stara się skierować naszą uwagę ku Kṛṣṇie, Najwyższej Osobie, który jest niewidoczny dla wszystkich (alakṣya).”
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“Pana nie sposób osiągnąć za pomocą jakichkolwiek środków materialnych. Ze swej bezgranicznej i bezprzyczynowej łaski zstępuje na Ziemię w oryginalnej postaci, by okazać szczególne miłosierdzie czystym bhaktom oraz powstrzymać ekspansję demonów.”
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“Powinniśmy przyjąć do wiadomości, że ciało to tylko zewnętrzne okrycie duszy, które porusza się dzięki jej obecności, oraz że przyczyną wszelkich działań jest Kṛṣṇa. W Bhagavad-gīcie Kṛṣṇa mówi: ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. „Ja jestem źródłem wszystkiego; wszystko ze Mnie emanuje.”
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“Actually, one who is guided by Jesus Christ will certainly get liberation. But it is very hard to find a man who is actually being guided by Jesus Christ.”
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“Na początku procesu świadomości Kṛṣṇy złudna energia materialna (māyā) stawia przed nami liczne przeszkody. Māyā, jako przedstawicielka Kṛṣṇy, nie pozwala niepokoić swego Pana i wystawia nas na próbę, by przekonać się, na ile jesteśmy utwierdzeni w świadomości Kṛṣṇy. Jeśli jednak będziemy przestrzegać zasad i regularnie intonować święte imię, wówczas nic nas nie poruszy.”
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“Kto podjął świadomość Kṛṣṇy, uważany jest za wybrańca losu, ponieważ znalazł sposób działania, dzięki któremu osiągnie doskonałość życia.”
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“Możemy mieć wielu potężnych wrogów, pozostając jednak pod opieką Kṛṣṇy nie zaznamy krzywdy. Rakhe kṛṣṇa māre ke māre kṛṣṇa rakhe ke. „Nikt nie zdoła zabić tego, kogo Kṛṣṇa otoczył opieką i nikt nie obroni tego, kogo Kṛṣṇa zechce zabić.”
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“Naszą życiową zasadą powinno być zmniejszanie materialnego odurzenia, które pogłębia tylko dezorientację co do prawdziwego celu życia. Ludzie tkwiący w głębokim złudzeniu w żaden sposób nie wejdą do królestwa Boga.”
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“Na nieszczęście, zamiast służyć Kṛṣṇie, służymy innym rzeczom. Pod wpływem pożądania, gniewu, chciwości i złudzenia służymy zmysłom. Cały świat służy w ten sposób. Zajęcie zmysłów służbą dla Kṛṣṇy sprawi, że przestaniemy być ich sługami, a staniemy się panami. Kiedy wzmocnimy się na tyle, by nie pozwolić zmysłom na nic innego poza służbą dla Kṛṣṇy, zostaniemy wybawieni.”
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“Jedyna rzecz, która się liczy, to miłość do Kṛṣṇy (premā pumārtho mahān). Ludzie na ogół kroczą ścieżką religii (dharma), materialnego rozwoju (artha), przyjemności zmysłowych (kāma) i wyzwolenia (mokṣa). Caitanya Mahāprabhu nie dbał jednak o te cztery rzeczy. „Nie do tego powinniśmy w życiu dążyć” – powiedział. Prawdziwym celem życia jest miłość do Kṛṣṇy.”
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“Służbę oddania może pełnić ten, kto skończył z życiem w grzechu. A kto potrafi zerwać z grzechem? Postępujący pobożnie. Nie sposób uniknąć działania, a pobożne działanie to naturalna metoda zarzucenia występnego życia. Z jednej strony należy rozbić filary grzechu, z drugiej zaś rozpocząć pobożne życie. Samo zrozumienie tej kwestii nie wystarczy. Za nim musi podążyć działanie.”
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“Nie powinniśmy stawiać Kṛṣṇie warunków. „Daj mi to, daj mi tamto, a wtedy będę Cię kochać”. Nasze uczucie musi być bezinteresowne. Kṛṣṇa pragnie czystej miłości.”
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Calls African Americans "uncultured and drunkards", further stating that after being given freedom and equal rights, they caused a disturbance in the society
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“Życie po śmierci istnieje. Istnieje także możliwość uwolnienia się z cyklu narodzin i śmierci i osiągnięcia nieśmiertelności. Ponieważ od niepamiętnych czasów nawykliśmy do wchodzenia w jedno ciało po drugim, trudno nam myśleć o wiecznym życiu.”
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“Oddanie dla Kṛṣṇy jest czymś naturalnym, tak jak czymś naturalnym jest oddanie dziecka dla rodziców. W obliczu niebezpieczeństwa nawet naukowcy-materialiści modlą się do Boga. Kiedy zaś nic im nie grozi, występują przeciw Niemu. Dlatego niebezpieczeństwa są potrzebne, aby nauczyć tych niegodziwców, że Bóg istnieje.”
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“Dokąd przebywamy w świecie materialnym, dotąd będziemy doświadczać niedoli, gdyż taka jest natura tego miejsca. Mimo niedoli, powinniśmy troszczyć się o rozbudzenie w sobie świadomości Kṛṣṇy, tak abyśmy po porzuceniu ciała mogli powrócić do domu, do Boga.”
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“Świadomość Kṛṣṇy jest bardzo wzniosła. Powinniśmy spróbować zrozumieć ją w oparciu o Bhagavad-gītę i Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam i zająć zmysły służbą dla pana zmysłów (hṛṣīkena hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam). Wówczas zaznamy prawdziwego szczęścia.”
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In Mayapur at ISKCON's annual global gathering when a sannyasi-dominated GBC passed resolutions severely restricting the role of women and families in ISKCON
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A clash broke out when a team of ten parties of itinerant sannyasis, assisted by two hundred brahmacharis, crisscrossed America, visiting ISKCON temples to extoll renunciation and a missionary spirit — and urge brahmacha
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“the Gita provided the basic education on Krishna devotion, the Srimad-Bhagavatam was like graduate study, and the Caitanya-caritamrita was like postgraduate education for the most advanced devotees”
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That "the Gita provided the basic education on Krishna devotion, the Srimad-Bhagavatam was like graduate study, and the Caitanya-caritamrita was like postgraduate education for the most advanced devotees"
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Within two years, and it was published in seventeen volumes, again with verse-by-verse text, transliteration, word meanings, translation and commentary
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Harrison donated a seventeen-acre estate known as Piggots Manor, fifteen miles northwest of London
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Prabhupada founded the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), which manages the international publishing and distribution of his writings
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Without consulting Prabhupada, eight of the twelve members of the GBC held a meeting in New York aimed at centralizing control of ISKCON's activities and finances
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“s followers had failed to recognize that Prabhupada was Krishna: God Himself. Prabhupada expelled those sannyasis from his Society (he eventually readmitted them after they recanted their claim). In 1972, without consulting Prabhupada, eight of the twelve members of the GBC held a meeting in New York aimed at centralizing control of ISKCON”
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Four of Prabhupada's early sannyasis announced at a large ISKCON gathering that Prabhupada's followers had failed to recognize that Prabhupada was Krishna: God Himself
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His literary output slowed only slightly due to the demands of his expanding Hare Krishna movement
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Prabhupada established a Governing Body Commission (GBC), then consisting of twelve leading disciples, to oversee ISKCON's activities around the world and to serve as ISKCON's ultimate managing authority
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Prabhupada directed his attention especially to India, with the hope of turning India back toward its original spiritual sensibilities
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Prabhupada made the first of several visits to Kenya
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Harrison sponsored the publishing of the first volume of Prabhupada's book Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which related the activities of Krishna's life as told in the tenth canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam
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Prabhupada published, again in his full verse-by-verse format, his translation and commentary for the Ishopanishad — also known as the Īśa Upaniṣad or Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad, which in 1960 he had partially serialized in his B
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In an abridged edition and later, in 1972, in full
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Undertook to present the Bhagavatam's tenth canto — the essence of the work — in summary form as Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Prabhupada published Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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Prabhupada's first sannyasi disciple openly disregarded Prabhupada's instructions to him and twisted core tenets of Prabhupada's teachings
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Prabhupada asked three married couples among his disciples to open a temple in London, England
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The Nectar of Devotion is a summary study of Rupa Goswami's Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, his "famous exposition of the principles of devotion"
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Bhaktivedanta Swami established a second center, in San Francisco
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With the help of some early students, established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), which now has centers around the world
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At the age of 69, on a cargo ship with little more than a few trunks of books
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Before he went to the West, but published only after his death
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And by 1965 he had completed and published the first canto
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Elders in the Gaudiya community honored Abhay Charanaravinda (A
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Abhay moved for business reasons to Bombay; then, in 1937, he moved back to Calcutta
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Visited Bhaktisiddhanta in the holy town of Vrindavan, and in 1933, when Bhaktisiddhanta came to Allahabad to lay the cornerstone for a new temple, Abhay received diksha (spiritual initiation) from him and was given t
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Abhay had little contact with the Gaudiya Math until 1928, when sannyasis (renounced, itinerant preachers) from the Math came to open a center in Allahabad, where Abhay and his family were living
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While still in college, Abhay was persuaded by a friend, Narendranath Mullik, to meet with Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874–1937), a Vaishnava scholar and teacher and the founder of the Gaudiya Math, a spiritual instituti
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Abhay graduated from college with a specialization in English, philosophy, and economics
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While in college, Abhay, as arranged by his father, married Radharani Datta, also from an aristocratic family
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Abhay began his studies at the Scottish Church College, a prestigious school in Calcutta founded by Alexander Duff, a Christian missionary
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Born 1896-09-01.
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