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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Founder of ISKCON who spread Krishna consciousness worldwide.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and Krishna consciousness teachings globally.[1] He died on 14 November 1977 at age 81 in Vrindavan, India.[2]

Quick Facts

Religion
Hinduism
Born
1 September 1896
Birthplace
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Birth name
Abhay Charan De
Initiation
Diksha: 1933 (by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati), Sannyasa: 1959 (by Bhakti Prajnan Keshava)
Died
14 November 1977
Place of death
Vrindavan, India
Resting place
Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi Mandir, ISKCON Vrindavan

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Born Abhay Charan De on 1 September 1896 in Calcutta, he was raised in a religious Gaudiya Vaishnava family.[3][4] In 1922 he met Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who instructed him to spread Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's message in English.[5][6] He received spiritual initiation in 1933 and was given the name Abhay Charanaravinda.[7] In 1944 he began publishing the English magazine Back to Godhead.[8]

He accepted the renounced order of life in 1959, becoming A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.[9][10] At age 69 he traveled to America on a cargo ship, arriving in Boston on 17 September 1965.[11][12] He established ISKCON in New York in 1966 and opened a second center in San Francisco in 1967.[13][14] He circled the world fourteen times in ten years, opening over one hundred temples and initiating nearly five thousand disciples.[15]

What the cited sources add

Certain statements and perspectives attributed to Prabhupada have been interpreted as racist toward Black individuals, misogynistic, or discriminatory against lower castes.[16] Prabhupada's influence and the organization he founded remain significant; various academics and Indian political figures have described him as one of the most effective disseminators of Hinduism internationally.[16]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Goswami 2012, p. 22 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jones 2007, p. 77–78; New York Times 1977, p. 2; Ketola 2008, p. 66; Rochford 2007, p. 10; Hopkins 2007, p. 181; Jones 2007, p. 77–78; De Backer 2016, p. 13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ketola 2008, p. 66; Goswami 2012, p. 22; Chryssides 1999, p. 171; Bhat 2004, p. 61 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zeller 2010, p. 74; Goswami 2012, p. 22 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shinn 1987, p. 34; Ketola 2008, p. 66; Valpey 2006, p. 97; Sooklal 1986, p. 24 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ketola 2008, p. 66; Sardella 2013, p. 102–103; Rochford 1985, p. 10; Broo 2006, p. 41; Judah 1974, p. 40–41 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Goswami 2012, p. 22; Sherbow 2004, p. 131 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Knott 1986, p. 28; Sooklal 1986, p. 24; Shinn 1987, p. 34; Zeller 2010, p. 74; Goswami 2002, p. 71–72; Eck 1979; Zeller 2010, p. 74 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shinn 1987, p. 34 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sherbow 2004, p. 131 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Goswami 2002, p. 71–72; Sardella 2019, p. 82 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rosen 2007, p. 12; Goswami 2002, p. 71–72 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ketola 2008, p. 66; Rochford 2007, p. 10; Goswami et al. 1983, p. 986 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis 2005, p. 128; Dwyer Cole 2007, p. 17; Goswami 2002, p. 71–72; Rochford 2007, p. 10; Ketola 2008, p. 66; Brooks 1989, p. 79; Brooks 1989, p. 79 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Smith 2003, p. 178; Bryant Ekstrand 2004, p. 2; Rochford 2004, p. 102 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  16. Wikipedia, "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lorenz 2004, p. 112–128, 347–390; Brown 2020, p. 122; Lucia 2014, p. 238; Lewis 2005, p. 128; Klostermaier 1998, p. 183; Hopkins 1983, p. 136, 142; Cox 1983, p. 40–41; Ivanenko 2008, p. 73–74 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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