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by Ravindra Svarupa das

Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu publishes, in weekly installments, his realizations about a prophecy Srila Prabhupada made in 1975, that World War III was imminent. This prophecy was not fulfilled, and when asked about this, Srila Prabhupada replied that Krishna had changed His mind.

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Believing that these articles make first class reading for devotees new to Krishna consciousness, I am collecting them in this online book in our New Devotee Channel.

Any student of Srila Prabhupada will at once recognize the phrase “plain living and high thinking.” It occurred frequently and memorably in his discourse. It functioned as kind of motto or slogan to epitomize Prabhupada’s vision of a natural spiritual culture, an alternative to our modern, “soul-killing” industrial civilization.

Source: The Prabhupada Connection

For many of us who came of age in the sixties and seventies, the counterculture and its promise of an alternative society based on love and peace was an important part of our lives. Art, music, poetry, philosophy, ecology and human rights were just a few of the buzzwords floating through the collective psyche of the sixties generation. Revolution was in the air. "The establishment" was doomed and soon to be replaced with a kinder society. Peace would reign supreme, and all peoples of the world would unite and be free from the chains of oppression. Or so we thought.

At the time, it appeared that massive cultural changes were about to sweep away the capitalist system (or the "military industrial complex," as we liked to call it). Every day there was a new victory for change. Underground newspapers proliferated, broadcasting the latest progress reports: the sit-ins, the love-ins, the be-ins, the antiwar and civil rights demonstrations, the Democratic National Convention of 1968, the Chicago Seven Trial, Woodstock, etc. Something was happening here, and it was big.

During his recent visit to Brisbane His Holiness Devamrita Swami gave class on an interesting and potentially controversial verse and purport. The Bhaktivedanta purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 10.4.5 contains this paragraph:

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Hare Krishna.

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Lord Caitanya in Five Features Adi 7.108 TRANSLATION
"The Absolute Truth is described by the Upanisads and Brahma-sutra, but one must understand the verses as they are. That is the supreme glory in understanding.
PURPORT

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SB 8.8.2 P The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Compilation of images and video Of Srila Prabhupada and his journey to America on the steamship Jaladuta Narrated by Ravi das and produced by Mohan

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SB 1.17.2

Over four minutes of rare footage shot on Super 8mm
in Boston including Srila Prabhupada's early disciples
Jadarani dasi, Gaurasundara dasa and Govinda dasi.
Circa 1967 - 1968.
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SB 6.4.30 P The Hamsa-guhya Prayers
The Brahma-samhita (5.1) declares:

isvarah paramah krsnah
sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah
anadir adir govindah
sarva-karana-karanam

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Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna Movement, on TV - San Francisco, USA - 1975

"Truth and Beauty," this article by Srila Prabhupada originally appeared in the first edition of the magazine he started in 1944, Back to Godhead. In this article Srila Prabhupada explains the meaning of the tittle of the magazine and its purpose. In this time of worldwide global conflict the message is as urgent as ever.