| Name(s) |
ABHAY
CHARANARAVINDA BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA
Birth name: Abhoy Charan De |
| Date of
Birth |
September 01, 1896
– Kolkata, West Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
November 14, 1977
– Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
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Identity |
Founder-Acharya of the
International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known
as the "Hare Krishna Movement". |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1932:
- Because of his dedicated work for the cause, he
became a formally initiated disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta.
- 1947:
- Gaudiya Vaishnava Society conferred on him the title
Bhakti-vedanta, (the words Bhakti, meaning devotion and
Vedanta indicating conclusive knowledge).Sometime later,
by late sixties, he came to be called by his disciples
as PRABHUPADA (which means shelter in the feet of the
Lord).
- 1950:
- He shifted his abode to Vrindavan, where he began
his commentary and translation work of the Sanskrit work
Bhagavata Purana.
- 1966:
- while on a visit to USA, founded the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in New York
City. He spent rest of his life in building up this
organisation.
- 1977:
- By the time of his death in Vrindavan in 1977,
ISKCON had become an internationally known symbol of
Vaishnavism.Thereby he followed and communicated the
teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and introduced bhakti
yoga to an international audience.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- When he first met his spiritual
master, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
Thakur, he was given a mission to
spread the message of Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu in the English language.
- He had translated over
sixty volumes of classic Vedic
scriptures (such as the Bhagavad
Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam) into
the English language. For their
authority, depth, and clarity, his
books have won accolades from
professors at colleges and
universities like Harvard, Oxford,
Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse,
Oberlin, and Edinburgh.
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Awards and Accolades |
Speaking at the
inauguration of ISKCON's cultural
center in New Delhi on 5 April on
occasion of Ramnavmi in 1998, Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, then India's prime
minister, said: If the Bhagavad
Gita, the holy text of the Hindu
traditions, is printed in millions
of copies and scores of languages
and distributed in all nooks and
corners of the world, the credit for
this great sacred service goes
chiefly to ISKCON. For this
accomplishment alone, Indians should
be eternally grateful to the devoted
spiritual army of Swami Prabhupada,
the founder of the Hare Krishna
movement, and to his followers. . .
The arrival of Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada in the United States in
1965 and the particular popularity
his movement gained in a very short
span of twelve years must be
regarded as one of the greatest
spiritual events of the century.
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