Frasi di A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Data di nascita: 1. Settembre 1896
Data di morte: 14. Novembre 1977
Altri nomi:ए सी भक्तिवेदान्त स्वमी प्रभुपद,Swami Prabhupada
Abhay Charan De, meglio conosciuto come A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda o Śrīla Prabhupāda , è stato un mistico, missionario e scrittore indiano viṣṇuita.
Fu maestro spirituale nella catena disciplica fondata dal mistico bengalese del XVI secolo, Caitanya .
Fondatore dell'ISKCON , associazione religiosa che si propone di diffondere il viṣṇuismo gauḍīya in Occidente, Prabhupada è anche autore di numerosi scritti, traduzioni e commentari alla letteratura dei Veda, alle Upaniṣad, alla Bhagavadgītā, al Bhāgavata Purāṇa e al Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Frasi A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
„We have seen many rich persons, many powerful persons, many famous persons, many beautiful persons, many learned and scholarly persons, and persons in the renounced order of life unattached to material possessions. But we have never seen any one person who is unlimitedly and simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattached, like Kṛṣṇa, in the history of humanity. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparalleled. From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance, every one of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead will accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one is equal to the Godhead, and no one is greater than Him. That is the import of the familiar saying “God is great.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
„Religion means to know God and to love Him.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, The Science of Self-Realization
„Although Rahu attempts to attack both the sun and the Moon, they are protected by Lord Visnu. Being very afraid of Lord Visnu’s cakra, Rahu cannot stay in front of the sun or Moon for more than a muhurta (forty-eight minutes). The phenomenon that occurs when Rahu blocks the light of the sun or Moon is called an eclipse. The attempt of the scientists of this earth to go to the Moon is as demoniac as Rahu’s attack. Of course, their attempts will be failures because no one can enter the Moon or sun so easily. Like the attack of Rahu, such attempts will certainly be failures.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1999. Canto 5, Chapter 24, verse 3, purport. [http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/5/24/3 Vedabase]
„Modern scientists and astronomers try to explain the cosmic situation and the vastness of space, and some of them believe that all the glittering stars are different suns. From Bhagavad-gita, however, we understand that all these stars (naksatras) are like the Moon, in that they reflect the sunshine [BG 15.12]. They are not independent luminaries.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1999. Canto 5, Chapter 16, verse 4, purport. [http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/5/16/4 Vedabase]
„Those who are yogis, bhakta-yogis, because they are in love with God, Kṛṣṇa, they are seeing every moment within their heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone you love, you see always within your heart. Similarly, if you have love for God, Kṛṣṇa, then you can see Kṛṣṇa always. That is called yoga system.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Lecture on The Nectar of Devotion - Bombay, December 27, 1972. [http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Anyone_you_love,_you_see_always_within_your_heart._Similarly,_if_you_have_love_for_God,_Krsna,_then_you_can_see_Krsna_always._That_is_called_yoga_system Vanipedia]
„We are not teaching some ritualistic process, that "You become Hindu. You become Christian. You become Muhammadan." We are simply teaching, "You try to love God. You have forgotten God. You have declared, 'God is dead.' These are all nonsense. God is there. You are here. You are suffering because you have forgotten God. You try to love God. Your normal life will come back. You will be happy." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Lecture on Bhagavad-gītā 4.7-10 - Los Angeles, January 6, 1969. [http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/You_have_forgotten_God._You_have_declared,_%27God_is_dead.%27_These_are_all_nonsense._God_is_there._You_are_here._You_are_suffering_because_you_have_forgotten_God._You_try_to_love_God._Your_normal_life_will_come_back._You_will_be_happy._This_is_KC_movement Vanipedia]
„Why not make me an Hon. teacher in the Religion Department for teaching the cult of Lord Caitanya which is the living religion of the world. All other religions of the world are carried by more sentiments than philosophy but Caitanya cult is full of philosophy and transcendental sentiments or emotions.“
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Letter to Kirtanananda, New York, 14 April, 1967 [http://prabhupadabooks.com/letters/new_york/april/14/1967/kirtanananda?d=1 PrabhupadaBooks.com]
