Srila Prabhupada is founder of the Hare Krsna movement in the west. He created the organization called ISKCON in an effort to establish Hare Krsna worldwide. Looking for serious replies. Your thoughts are valued. State what you know, but please attempt to limit the length of your posting. Thanks!
2007-07-28 12:22:32 · 6 answers · asked by devotionalservice 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Srila Prabhupada
*took birth in Hare Krsna family.
*Was trained in Vaisnava concepts from birth
*Learned english at an early age
*Accepted spiritual initiation from a world famous Acarya
*Was in the renounced order of life
*Had already translated some of the primary Vaisnava scriptures
*Already had a magazine publication developed
*Had already attempted organizing people for Krsna consciousness while in India
*Had already started accepting disciples in India
*Gave the hippies an alternative to war, drugs and illicit sex
2007-08-04 00:51:39 · update #1
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2007-08-04 00:52:22 · update #2
New York's avant-garde newspaper The East Village Other ran a front page story with a full-page photograph of Srila Prabhupada standing and speaking to a large group of people in the park. The banner headline read "SAVE EARTH NOW!!" and in large type just below the picture, the maha-mantra was printed: "HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE." The article admired the chanting and described ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
how Srila Prabhupada "had succeeded in convincing the world's toughest audience-Bohemians, acidheads, potheads, and hippies-that he knew the way to God."
Turn Off, Sing Out, and Fall In. This new brand of holy man, with all due deference to Dr. Leary, has come forth with a brand of "Consciousness Expansion" that's sweeter than acid, cheaper than pot, and nonbustible by fuzz.
The newspaper story described how a visit to the temple at 26 Second Avenue would bring "living, visible, tangible proof" that God is alive and well. The story quoted one of Srila Prabhupada's new disciples:
I started chanting to myself, like the Swami said, when I was walking down the street-Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare-over and over, and suddenly everything started looking so beautiful, the kids, the old men and women ... even the creeps looked beautiful ... to say nothing of the trees and flowers.
Finding it superior to the euphoria from any kind of drug, he said,
There's no coming down from this. I can always do this any time, anywhere. It is always with you.
2007-07-28 19:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by Dhruva 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Srila Prabhupada was so merciful that he brought Krishna from Vrindavana to the middle of the worlds largest, and most important cities. He conducted classes everywhere. The Bowery and the Lower East Side were full of drug-crazed hippies and drunks, winter in New York was bitterly cold, very difficult for Srila Prabhupada who was used to the climate of India, and the people who were attending his classes were generally totally addicted to all sorts of intoxication and illicit sex life, and not very respectful or well behaved.
Srila Prabhupada worked tirelessly to establish the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world by encouraging his disciples to open new centres, by translating the major Vaisnava scriptures into English and by traveling and preaching extensively. He showed by example how one can live and work simply for the pleasure of Krishna, he gave his disciples the highest knowledge and enabled them to experience pleasure on the spiritual platform. His serious disciples were easily able to give up illicit sex life, intoxication, meat eating and gambling, and to develop all the qualities of pure devotees of Krishna. Srila Prabhupada said that the process was simple, he was engaging them in chanting Hare Krishna and giving them prasadam(food spiritualized by offering to Krishna) and the result was he was turning 'hippies' into 'happies'.
SORRY THE ANSWER HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT LENGHTY.
2007-07-29 00:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
One most important addition to Level 5 copier and Prahlad's comments:
Strongest conviction in Krishna's help and rending the heart and soul in executing his spiritual master's instructions.
Best Example of any disicple is Srila Prabhupada
2007-07-31 03:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by srinivasemeskay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they didn't just help him with the Hare Krsna movement. They joined and BECAME the Hare Krsna movement!
My gurudev likes to say, "he turned hippies into happies"
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
:-)
2007-07-28 23:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by happy_n_freeone 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Wow, thats a great question! I have no clue, but I'm curious.
2007-07-28 19:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
do they use toilet paper
2007-07-28 19:25:14 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Alfalfa 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋