Srila Prabhupada
Short
Biography of Srila Prabhupada Srila
Prabhupada Reveals Vrindavana to the World
Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutira
Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi
Srila Prabhupada reveals
Vrindavan to the world
It was 500 years ago that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu predicted that the
holy names of Krishna would be chanted in every town and village throughout the
world. His Divine Grace. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appeared in this
world just to fulfill the divine prophecy of Lord Chaitanya.
Acting on the order of Lord
Chaitanya,
Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis established Vrndavana as a sacred place of pilgrimage
for the devotees of Lord Krishna. However, the people outside India had heard
nothing about Vrndavana until 1965, when Srila Prabhupada sailed to America to
spread the Hare Krishna movement, and simultaneously reveal to the world the
most holy of all holy places – Sri Vrndavana dhama.
Today, thousands of foreigners from
the world over flock to this holy city on pilgrimage. Vrndavana is now
considered to be the most important spiritual pilgrimage place on earth, thanks
to the pioneering preaching work done by Srila Prabhupada in broadcasting the
glories of Vrndavana dhama.
Since the time of the six
Gosvamis,
many exalted devotees have come in the disciplic line of succession from Rupa
and Sanatana, including such revered personalities as Raghunatha dasa, Jiva
Goswami,
Krishna dasa Kaviraja, Srinivasa, Narottama, Syamananda, Visvanatha, Baladeva,
Jagannatha dasa Babaji, and in the modern era, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Gaurakisora
dasa Babaji and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who all wrote and preached
extensively. They established the path shown by Lord Chaitanya as the topmost
process of self-realization for the whole of mankind. The culmination of all
their hard work became manifest in the form of Srila Prabhupada, who
single-handedly spread these teachings all over the world. In fact, Bhaktivinoda
Thakura predicted at the beginning of the century: “One will soon come who
will spread the holy names of Krishna throughout the world.”
It is not difficult to see that since
the time of Lord Chaitanya Himself, Srila Prabhupada has become the most
prominent and successful messenger of Sri Chaitanya's teachings that the world
has ever seen or is ever likely to see again. In the twelve short years from
August 1965 to November 1977, Srila Prabhupada actively preached, he established
over 100 temples of Krishna worldwide, initiated more than 5,000 disciples, and
distributed 100 million copies of his books on Krishna consciousness in 64
languages. Srila Prabhupada's translation of the Bhagavad-gita
became the best selling edition in the world. About his books, Srila Prabhupada
said, “My books will be the spiritual law books for the next 10,000 years.”
Srila Prabhupada also said that “The American people will mark the day I
arrived in this country, and brought the Krishna consciousness movement to
America”.
The unparalleled contribution to Lord
Chaitanya's movement will go on reverberating for many, many years to come. The
full impact of Srila Prabhupada's great work will only be seen by the future
generations. At this time, no one can comprehend the full extent and far
reaching effect of Srila Prabhupada's mission on earth. He ushered in a
spiritual revolution that has changed the course of world history.
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