Srila Prabhupada Meeting His Guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

Srila Prabhupada Meeting His Guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada's first meeting with his guru. (srila prabhupada's first meeting with srila bhaktisiddhanta, calcutta 1922—click to enlarge) prabhupāda: so when i met bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī Ṭhākura it is a long story, how i met him. one of my friends, he dragged me. (laughter) i was at that time nationalist and manager in a big. There are certain events which eventually turn out to be the turning point in the history of humanity. one such event occurred 100 years back in 1922, when srila prabhupada met his guru srila bhaktisiddhanta saraswati thakura in kolkata. that meeting fanned the flame of devotion which young abhay had in his heart for krishna.

Srila Prabhupada Meeting His Guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Gaurakisora dasa babaji, the guru of bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati, ca.1900. the initiation from gaurakishora dasa babaji, an illiterate yet highly respected personality, had a transformational effect on srila bhaktisiddhanta prabhupada. [36] [37] later, reflecting on his first meeting with the guru, bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati recalled:. I am waiting your early reply. [srila prabhupada letter to: mukunda, los angeles, 20 february, 1969] allahabad, 1930, after the passing away of srila prabhupada’s father gour mohan de. top: srila prabhupada, gour mohan’s portrait, krishna charan. front: prayag raj, srila prabhupada’s new son and sulakshman. Srila bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati thakura, the guru of srila a.c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, appeared in sri ksetra dhama. (jagannatha puri) on 6 february 1874 as the son of srila sacidananda bhaktivinoda thakura. in his childhood, he quickly mastered the vedas, memorized the bhdgavad gita, and relished his father's philosophical works. In 1905, srila bhaktisiddhanta saraswati thakur took a vow to chant 1 billion names of krishna. the way he decided to do it is, he was going to chant 3 lacs everyday. that means, following in the footsteps of srila haridas thakur, he was chanting minimum of 192 rounds of the hare krishna maha mantra each day.

Srila Prabhupada Meeting His Guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Srila bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati thakura, the guru of srila a.c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, appeared in sri ksetra dhama. (jagannatha puri) on 6 february 1874 as the son of srila sacidananda bhaktivinoda thakura. in his childhood, he quickly mastered the vedas, memorized the bhdgavad gita, and relished his father's philosophical works. In 1905, srila bhaktisiddhanta saraswati thakur took a vow to chant 1 billion names of krishna. the way he decided to do it is, he was going to chant 3 lacs everyday. that means, following in the footsteps of srila haridas thakur, he was chanting minimum of 192 rounds of the hare krishna maha mantra each day. Cuåämaëi mahäçaya was astounded by the talents of the fifteen year old boy. from this young age, he was called sri siddhänta saraswati by his teachers. after taking sannyas in 1918, he took on the name parivrajakacharya sri bhaktisiddhanta saraswati. at other times, he identified himself as värñabhänavé dayita das. Iskcon was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of our srila prabhupada with his divine grace srila bhaktisiddhanta saraswati thakur. it was at this pivotal meeting a 100 years ago in 1922 that our srila prabhupada received the instruction to spread the message of krishna consciousness in the english speaking world.