Prabhupada Swami Bhaktivedanta (1896-1972)
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It would not be an exaggeration to say that the establishment of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an important cultural event of the contemporary world. In a short period of time, Hare Krishna movement of Bhaktivedanta brought about an unprecedented revolutionary change in the cultural and spiritual discourse of the western world. In 1965, Bhaktivedanta reached New York as a Sanyasin at the age of 70 years. Today, his movement has its centers in more than150 major cities of the world wherein thousands of Sanyasin and almost a million devotees are engaged in the task of absorbing and disseminating Krishna consciousness.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born on the 1st of September, 1896 in Calcutta. After completing his education, he started work in a chemical manufacturing unit as a manager. In 1922, he met the great spiritual teacher of the Chaitanya sect (He belonged to an unbroken line of spiritual succession... |
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Ramakrishna Paramhansa was born in a poor Brahmana family in Bengal in 1836. His father Kshudhiram and mother Chandra Devi were both pious souls. While on a pilgrimage to Gaya, his father had a strange dream wherein a radiant celestial being appeared and agreed to be born as his child.
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