Li

fe&Teachi
ngsofSr
il
aPr
abhupada
namaoàv
iñëu-
pädäy
akåñëa-
preñöäy
abhü-
tal
e
çr
émat
ebhakt
ivedänt
a-sv
ämi
nit
inämi
ne
namaù—obei sances;oà—addr ess;
viñëu-pädäya—unt
ohim who
isatthef eetofLordVi ñëu;kåñëa-
preñöhäy a—whoisverydear
toLordKåñëa; bhü-tale—ontheearth;çrémate—al
l-
beauti
ful
;
bhakt
ivedänta-svämi n—A.C.Bhakti
vedäntaSwämi ;i
ti
—thus;
nämi ne—whoisnamed.
Ioff
ermyr espect
fulobeisancesuntoHi
sDivineGraceA.C.
Bhakti
vedantaSwamiPr abhupäda,whoi
sv erydeartoLord
Kåñëa,havi
ngtakenshelterofHi
slotusfeet
.
namast
esär
asv
atedev
egaur
a-v
äëé-
pracär
iëe
ni
rvi
çeña-
çüny
avädi
-päçcät
ya-
deça-
tär
iëe
namaù—obeisances; t
e—unt oyou;särasvatedeve—ser vantof
Bhakt
isi
ddhäntaSar asvatéGosv ämé;gaura-väëé—themessage
ofLor
dCai t
anya;pracäriëe—whoar epreaching;nir
viçeña—from
i
mpersonal
ism;çüny a-
v ädi
—from voi
dism; päçcätya—West ern;
deça—count r
ies;tär
iëe—whoar edel i
veri
ng.
Ourrespectf
ulobei
sancesareuntoyou,Ospir
it
ualmast er,
servantofSarasv
atéGosvämé.Youar eki
ndlypreachi
ngt he
messageofLor dCait
anyadevaanddeli
veri
ngtheWest ern
count r
ies,
whicharefi
ll
edwithimper
sonali
sm andv oi
dism.
Çr
élaPrabhupädawasonceaskedtospeakabouthi
sGuruMahäräj
a,and
Pr
abhupädasaid,"
WhatcanIspeak?HewasaVai kuëöhaman.
"SoÇr él
a
Pr
abhupädawasal soaVai kuëöhaman,andwhoappear edtohelp
real
izeLordCait
anya'
spredi
cti
onthatt
heholynamewi llbechant
edi n
everytownandv i
ll
ageoftheworl
d.AndduetoPrabhupäda'
seff
ortsthe
holynametodayisbei
ngchantedal
mosti
never
ycorneroftheworl
d.-
GKG
Maharaj.

j
anasy
akåñëädv
imukhasy
adai
väd
adhar
ma-
çél
asy
asuduùkhi
tasy
a
anugr
ahäy
ehacar
ant
inünaà
bhüt
äni
bhav
yäni
janär
danasy
a
O mylor
d,gr eatphil
ant
hropi
csoulstrav
elontheeart
honbehalfofthe
Supr
emePer sonali
tyofGodheadtoshowcompassiontot
hefal
lensouls,
whoareaver
set othesenseofsubor
dinat
iont
otheLor
d.

Great,unal loy ed devoteesoftheLor d arecompassi onatet owardst he

fall
ensoul s, andt heref
oretheyt
ravelallovertheworldwi t
ht hemi ssionof
bringi
ngt hem backt oGodhead,backtohome.Suchpur edev oteesoft he
Lor dcarr
yt hemessageofGodheadi nordert odel
iv
ert hefal
lensoul s,and
therefor
et hecommonmanwhoi sbewi lderedbyt hei nf
luenceoft he
externalener gyoft heLordshouldav ailhimselfoftheirassociation.SB-
3.5.3

Weshouldunderst
and t
heUniqueposi
ti
onofHDG A.
C.Bhakt
ivedant
a
SwamiSr
il
aPrabhupadasanACHARYA.

FiveSymptomsofFounderAcar
ya(
from Scr
ipt
urescal
l
edpr
apnnaamr
it
a
tapanofSr
i sampr
aday
a).

1.UDHARAKA- HeisthesaviorofEv er
yone&otherwhocomeinthei
r
aft
erFouderAchar
yaactasSpirit
ualmasterar
eUPAKARI
KA.
theycan
neverbeequat
edev enaf
terhundredsofgener
ati
on.

2.DINBHAYA-Dinameansfal
len&Abhaya meanstoremovefear
.He
removethef
earoffal
lensoul
.any
one,
anywher
etakeshel
terofhim
becomeFear
less.
 3.Hegi
vepurpor
ttoScr
ipt
uresl
i
keBG,
SBandmaket
hem av
ail
abl
eto
t
heworl
d.

4.Hegi
vepur
por
ttot
hesongsoft
heVai
shnav
aAchar
ya.

5.Hi
s name become i
dent
if
ied wi
tht
he phi
l
osophyofl
ord Vi
shnu
hi
mself
.

l
if
eofÇr
élaPr
abhupäda
1896 Çrél
aPr abhupädaappear edi nCalcutt
a-1sept1896
(one day af ter Janmasht ami-Nandostsva)v
calcutt
a,I
ndi
a.hi
s
childhoodnamei sAbhaychar anDe.Hi sfat
hernamei sGaur
mohanDeacl othmer chant.
hismot hernamei sRajniTheyboth
wer et he dvtofl ord Krsna.His parentaccordi
ng to Bengali
tradit
ionempl oyedanAst r
ologerforchildhoroscope.whenthe
childreachthe70age, hewoul dcr osstheocean,becomegreat
exoponentofr eli
gion&open108Templ es.
Çrél
aBhakt
ivi
nodaÖhäkurasendstotheWestt
hef
ir
stbookon
genui
neGauòéyaVai
ñëavaphil
osophy
.
From hi
schil
dhoodhisfathertakehim near
byRadhaGovi
nd
templ
e.Abharcharan wasv er
yattach t
o Rathy
atraf
est
ival
whenheseeiti
nRadhaGovindtemple.
1901 Çrél
a Pr abhupäda began Rat hayät
räf esti
val
s-He
wantedhisowncar t&wantt oper for
nhi sownRat hy atr
a.Hi
s
fat
herboughthim 3f eetcartrepl
icaofOr igi
nalrat
h.heengage
hisfr
iend&hi ssisterinit&hi smot her&nei ghboragreedto
makespecialprasadam forJaggnathBaldeva&Subhadr a.
1902 Çr
élaPr
abhupädabeganwor
shi
pingRadha-
Kåñëa-
AT
theageof6heaskhisfat
herforadei
tyofhi
sowntoworshi
p
beacausewhenheseehi
sfat
herdoi
ngworshi
phethi
nkwhenI
wil
lworshi
phim.
1916 StudentofPhil
osophyatScotti
shChurches'Col
l
ege-
Hisfat
herdoesn’
twantt osendhischi
ldtoLondon.Hewanted
AbhaytobecomePur edvtofLordbutatsamet i
meheshoul d
maary&earnli
vel
ihood.
1918 Enteredmar r
iedli
fe(gåhasthaäçrama)-
Duri
ngcoll
ege
hi
sf atherar r
ange his mar r
iage to Radharanidut
ta.
sti
llhe
cont
inueshiscollegestudy
.
1920 Appear
ed i
n BA exam buthe ref
use t
he degree
beacuasehewaswantt ocooper
ateGandhii
nNoncooperate
mov ement
.
1921 Appointedassi
stantmanagerofBoseLaborat
ory
-His
fat
herdoesn’twanthi ssont obei
npolit
icssohearr
angegood
empl oy
mentt ohi sfri
endDR.Kati
kChandraBose.
Heappointed
him ashisassistance.
1922 Met his spir
it
ual mast er, Çréla Bhakti
siddhänta
SarasvatéÖhäkura,whoor deredhi
mt opr eachinEngli
shint he
West -
Atfir
stAbhaycharanr efuset
ogot othemeetingbecause
earl
ierheseemanysadhuv ist
edhishome&wasnotI mpressed.
Buthi sfri
endNar endr
ai nsit
ed& t akehi m tothequar t
erof
Gaudiyamat h.I therooft heywerepr esentedtoSril
aBhakt i
si
dhant t
asaraswatimaharaj.
Theybothi
mmedi at
ey&respect
ful
lybowdowntohi
m &prepar
e
tosi
tdownthenhesattothem.-
YOUAREEDUCATEDMAN, WHY
DON’T YOU PREACH LORD CAITANYA MESSAGE THROUOUT
THEWORLD.
Abhaybecomesur pri
sedthatsadhuhasdimmedi
atel
yasked
them t
obecomepr eacheronhisbehal
f.
Abhaywant
edt ot
est
him wi
thi
ntel
li
genti
nquir
es.
Hewasi
nkhadicl
othesasasuppor
terofGandhimov
ememt
s.
WHO WI LL HEAR YOUR CAI TANYA MESSAGE? WE ARE
DEPENDED COUNTRY.FI
SRT BECOME I
NDEPENDENT.
How we
canspr
eadunderBr
it
ishrul
e?
SBSST-
KCdoesntdependonany
thi
ng(
Indi
angov
tonFr
eedom)
.
KCi
ssoI
mpor
tanti
tcantwai
tforany
thi
ng.
NOmanmadepol
it
icalsy
stem canhel
ptheHumani
ty.
sar
va-
dhar
mänpar
it
yaj
ya
mäm ekaàçar
aëaàv
raj
a
ahaàt
väàsar
va-
päpebhy
o
mokñay
iñy
ämimäçucaù
Abandonal lv
arieti
esofrel
igi
onandj ustsurr
enderont
oMe.I
shalldeli
veryou f r
om allsi
nfulr
eact i
ons.Do notfear
.BG-
18.66af
etthediscussi
onhewasimpresswi t
hSBSST.
Abhayfel
tdefeatedbutheli
kedi
t.
HethoughtifIam notmar
ri
ed
Icani
mmedi atel
yjoi
nthismovementbutIcan’
t.
Hesai
dt ohisf
riendt
hemov
ementofCai
tany
amahapr
abhui
sin
ver
yexpertper
son.
Çr
éla Pr
abhupäda:Iaccept
ed hi
m as my spi
ri
tualmast
er
i
mmediat
ely.Notof
fi
cial
ly
,butinmyhear
t.Iwast
hinki
ngt
hatI
hadmetaveryni
cesai
ntl
yperson.
Abhayhadenoughexper i
encewithBose'sLabor at
oryt hathe
couldtr
yt omakeandmar ketsomeofhi sownmedi cinesand
product
s.Dr.BoseandAbhaydecidedthatthecentr
allylocat
ed
ci
tyofAllahabadwoul
dbeagoodpl aceforAbhaytomakehi s
headquart
ers.
I
n1923,Abhayandhiswifeandchildmov edt
oAl
lahabad,a
t
wel
ve-
hourtr
ainr
idenor
thwestf
rom Cal
cut
ta.
1925 Vi
sit
edVåndäv
anaf
ort
hef
ir
stt
ime
1928 Assi
stedi
nest
abl
ishi
ngAl
lahabadcent
erofGauòéy
a
Maöha.
1932 I
nit
iat
edbyÇr
élaBhakt
isi
ddhänt
aSar
asv
atéÖhäkur
a
1935 Inst
ruct
edbyhisspi
ri
tualmast
eronpubl
ishi
ngbooks
andconst
ruct
ingtempl
es.
OnRadhaKundaonedayhi sSpi
ri
taul
master
Iswalki
ngwit
hhi m,hebegantospeakingconfi
dent
ial
lywit
hhim
.ther
e werefightdue to Baghbazartemple,
who willoccupy
whichroom.
iftheydoli
ket hi
sthenwhathappenwhenIpassed
away.
Thei
rwi l
lbefir
e,I
Twoul dbebett
erifwet akeoutt
hemar
ble
fr
om templesel
lthem t
oPri
ntsBooks.
Iti
sBetter
.
1936 Fi
nalor
derf
rom hi
sspiri
tualmastertopreachint he
West-How canICoundtserv
ey ouf ul
lyasIam Gr i
hstha.
He
wantedtoknowthemorehecoul
ddot ohisSpi
ri
tualmaster?
1939 Honoredwit
hthet
it
le"
Bhakt
ivedant
a"bysoci
etyof
Gauòéy
aVaiñëavas
1944 StartedBackt oGodheadMagazi ne-Af
terWorl
dwar2
–Indi
anpeopl esit
uati
oni swor
st.ther
ewasscar cityoff
ood.He
Remember edHi sspi
rit
ualmastersaidther
ei snoscarci
tyi
nthe
worldtheonlyscarci
tyisofKC.
1953 St
art
edLeagueofDev
oteesi
nJhansi
.Ini
ti
atedhi
sfi
rst
di
sci
ple,
ÄcäryaPr
abhakar.
1954 Reti
redfrom f
amil
ylif
e,adopt
ingvänapr
astha(ret
ir
ed)
orderofl i
fe-
Abhaycharanwant edhisfamilyto assi
thim in
KC.After30y ear
sIcoul dunderst
and–Shewoul dnotbeany
assist
ancetome.
Abahyal
way
sadv
icehi
swi
fenott
oDr
inkTea.
buthedi
dn’
tli
sten.
OnedayShesel lhi
smanuscr
iptofBG t
opurchaseTeathen
Sri
laPr
abhupadsaidYOUWANTTEAORME.Joki ngl
yhesaidI
wantTea.Then helef
thome& cometo Vr
ndavan atRadha
DamodarTemple.
1959 Accept
ed renounced orderofl i
fe(sanny
äsa)-One
nightAbhayhasst r
ikingdream .HisGuruAppeared&sai dTo
takesanyassa.Hedeli
berateonitseri
ousl
yandwentt ohisGod
brotherKesavabhartimaharajinMat hur
a.Healsosaidhimto
take sany asi
.Then he become ABHAY CHARNARAVI NDA
BHAKTI VEDANTASWAMI .
1960 Publi
shedfirstbook,EasyJour
neytoOtherPl
anet
s-at
thatt
imeallthewor l
dar etaki
ngaboutgoingonmoonbysome
Americansci
entist
.
1962 Publ
ished Vol ume 1 of First Canto of Çrémad-
Bhägavat
am-oneper soni ddel
hisai
dswamij inobodyreadBTG
magazi
ne theypur chase & then t
hrough i
t.Betteru publi
sh
Books.
Prabhuadtooki tseri
ousl
yAsKr snaIndi
cati
on.I
ndelhihe
star
tpr
inti
ngit.
1965 Jour ney edt oUSA i nor dert of ulfilltheor derofhi s
spirit
ualmast er-firsthemetMr .Aggar wal&t el
lhim hewant ed
togoWest .hegetsposerf rom hi ssonGopalAggar wal l
.As
surpr i
se he got NOC f or t ravell
ing i n USA. He went t o
Mr s.Sumat timor arjiforticket.her efusehi m beacausehewas
tool dt ogot her e.butSwamij iwasdet ermi ne.Sheagai nr efuse
hisr equest&sai dmysev rateryissay i
ngy ouar egoi ngt oDi e
there.-fi
nall
yhemel ted.On13agusthesai ltheshi pJal duta.No
sadhu wantt ol eav eVrndav aninol dage&i nhi ndut raditi
onno
sany asihascr ossedt heocean&got ot hel andofmal l
echa.but
bey ondal lthati t’sadesi r
eofSBSST&l ordchai tnayapr edicted
thathi sHol ynamewi l
lbeknowni nev er yv il
lage&t own.Fr om
Calcut tahet ookt heship.On14hegotseasi ckness,dizziness&
vomi ting.
Heav yr ai n.
on23i nr edseahewasi ngr eatdi f
ficult
y&
2hear tattack. t
hendr eam hesaw Lor dKr snawasr owinghi s
boat .
on 17 septhe was i n bost on & 19 septj aldut ar each
Newy ork.
hest ay edi nGoaplAggar walhome. hest artedpr aching
there.

1966 Establi
shed the Inter
nat
ional Soci
etyf
or Krishna
Consci
ousness-
From gopalhomehesi ft
edtobower
ythenf r
om
bowreyhesift
edt ohisnew homei n 26secondavenuestore
fr
ontname–Mat chl
essGift.
ther
ehest art
edBG cl
asses.
Ev er
y
Monday ,
Wednusday&Friday.Someonesay sitisbet
terforWest
toIntrnati
onalsoci
etyf
orGodconsci ousnessbutpeabupadsaid
there are manygod butwe pr eferonlyKr sna.I
nter
nati
onal
societyf or Krsna Conciousness.KC from Rupa Goswami
pady aval
i.
Swamistartkir
taninTompkinsparki
nviteever
yonetojoi
n.many
hi
ppies were become int
erested t
o j
oin.
Like
Brahmannda.ki
rtannada,
mukundJanaki,
satswaroopet
c.
STAYHI
GHFOREVERbyKC.
1967 Compl
etedt
ransl
ati
onandcomment
aryofBhagav
ad-
gétäAsI
tIs.
1968 Bhagav
ad-gét
ä As ItIs publi
shed by Macmill
an
Company
-Brhmanandapubl
ishi
twhenaskedbysri
lapr
abhupad.
1969.Prabhupad sent Thr ee marri
ed coupl
es- Mukunda and
Jänaké,Çy ämasundaraandMäl até(wi
ththei
ri nfantdaughter,
Sarasvaté)
,and Gur u däsa and Yamunä-arr
ived in Mont r
eal,
eagertot r
aveltoLondon.TheymetGeor geHarrisonmadehi m
dvtpr i
ntKr sna Book.Then Pr abhuapd st
arted to establi
sh
templei nIndiaespessial
lyinMumbai (myoffi
ce) ,
Vrndavan(my
home)&May apur
(worshippal
ce)(asHeadquart
er ).
1972 Est
abl
ished t
he Bhakt
ivedant
a Book Tr
ust f
or
publ
ishi
nghisbooks
1975 Complet
edtr
ansl
ati
onofandpubl
ishedÇr
éCai
tany
a-
cari
tämåt
ain17vol
umes
I
n LA nextmorning,whi
le wal
king on Veni
ce Beach,Çr él
a
Pr
abhupädadel
iveredanextr
aor
dinaryult
imatum.Surrounded
bydev otees,hewalkedalong,poki
ngthesandsoftlywit
hhis
cane."Thesesev ent
eenvolumesunpubl
ished,
"hebegan,"
area
greatproblem f
orourmovement."
"Yes, Prabhupäda,
" Rämeçvar
a responded, at
tent
ive and
concer
ned.The ot herdev
oteesal
so nodded,commiserat
ing.
Somethingmustbedone.
"
Yes,
" Prabhupäda cont
inued, "
they must be publ
ished
i
mmediat
ely.
"
"
Yes,
Prabhupäda,
"Rämeçv
arar
epl
iedobedi
ent
ly.
"SoIt
hinktheycanbepr
int
edi
ntwomont
hs,
"Çr
élaPr
abhupäda
sai
dconclusi
vel
y.
Rämeçv arawasn'tsur
ehehadhear dcorr
ectly.ThePresshad
onlyjustopened.Theart
ist
sdidn'tev enhavet heli
ght
sint hei
r
room.Two mont hs was i
ll
ogical,impossible.Now was t he
moment t ot ellÇrél
a Prabhupäda t he plan for i
ncreased
producti
on.Rämeçvarast
eppedcl oser.
"ÇrélaPrabhupäda,"hebegan," we'vebeenmeet ingaboutt his,
andnowt hatthePr essi
sf i
nall
yhereandest abl
ished, It
hinkwe
cani ncr
easepr oducti
onfourti
mes.Wet hi
nkthatnowwecango
from producingonebookev er
yfourmont hstopr oducingoneof
your books ev er
y mont h.
" Now bot h Rämeçv ar
a and
Rädhäv al
labhawer ewalkingtogetherbesideÇrélaPr abhupäda,
wi t
hTamäl aKåñëaGoswamiandBr ahmänandaSwamiwal king
onhi sotherside.
"Onebookev
erymonth,
"Çrél
aPrabhupädasai
d,asifthi
nki
ng
outl
oudandconsi
der
ingi
t."
Thatmeansoveroneyear
.Iti
snot
fastenough.
"Theot
herdevoteeslookedoveratRämeçv
araand
Rädhävall
abha,
whoglancedateachother
.
"You haveto do al
lthe books i
nt wo months'ti
me,"Çrél
a
Prabhupädasai
dagain.Theyhadclearl
yhearditt
histi
me,and
thetwomanagerswerestunnedi
ndisbeli
ef.
"
Çrél
aPrabhupäda,"Rämeçvar
asai
d,"
Ithi
nkt
hat
'si
mpossi
ble.
Maybewecangof aster
..
."
Çrél
aPrabhupädasuddenl
ystoppedwal
king.Plant
inghiscane
fi
rmlyinthesand,heturnedtoRämeçvaraandsai d,wi
thout
angerbutver
ygravel
y,"
Impossi
blei
sawor dfoundi nthefool
's
di
cti
onary.
"
Suddenl
yRämeçv ar
ar eal
i
zedhisspir
it
ualli
fewasontheli
ne.To
say"impossi
ble"now woul dmeanhehadnof ai
thinKåñëa's
repr
esent
ativ
e,nof ai
t hinthepowerofGod.Hemustt hrow
awayhismaterialesti
mationsandrat
ionalcommonsense.
WhileRämeçv araandRädhäv all
abhastoodspeechl ess,Çr él
a
Prabhupädar esumedwal king,accompaniedbyt heot hers.The
twodev ot
eeshur ri
edt ocatchup,butnow ev eryonelookedat
them asiftosay ,"
Comeon.St opdoubti
ng.Youhav etodoi t
."
Rämeçv ar
aaskedÇr élaPrabhupädaifhecoulddiscusst hi
swi t
h
theotherdevot eesatthePr essandthenr eportback."Oh,yes,"
Prabhupäda r epli
ed,"whateveri srequir
ed."Rämeçv ara and
Rädhävall
abhadr oppedback,whi l
eÇr él
aPr abhupädaandt he
other
scont i
nueddownt hebeach.
1976 Est
abl
ishedt heBhakti
vedant
aInst
it
utef
orscient
if
ic
preachi
ng-
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