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Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual teacher, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and the man who, at sixty-nine years of age in 1965, sailed from Calcutta to New York with seven dollars and a trunk of books to carry the Hare Krishna lineage of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) to the West. Born Abhay Charan De in 1896 in Calcutta, initiated by his guru Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in 1933, he received the order to bring Krishna consciousness to the English-speaking world and spent the next twelve years preparing — translating, writing, and finally embarking on the voyage that would establish ISKCON in 1966. By the time of his death in 1977 he had circled the globe fourteen times, founded over a hundred temples, written or translated more than seventy volumes (including the canonical Bhagavad-gītā As It Is and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam), and trained the disciples who would carry the movement forward. His teaching centers on bhakti-yoga — the path of devotion — and on the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahamantra as the most accessible spiritual practice for the present age (Kali Yuga).
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“Only truthfulness remains, and even that with difficulty.”
“Therefore, hold on to truth.”
“And chant the holy name. That is your protection.”
“Krishna does not say to give up your duty. He says perform your duty as an offering to Me.”
“That is the secret of working without bondage.”
“You are part and parcel of Krishna.”
“Without your relationship to Krishna, you have no real identity.”
“To rediscover that relationship is the purpose of human life.”
“All other purposes are secondary.”
“The senses are like five horses. The mind is the chariot. The intelligence is the driver.”
“And the soul is the master in the chariot.”
“If the master sleeps, the horses run wild.”
“Wake up, dear soul. Take the reins.”
“This is the call of all spiritual life.”
“Krishna is everywhere, but you cannot see Him until your heart is purified.”
“The heart is purified by chanting and service.”
“Therefore, chant. Therefore, serve.”
“You came to this world alone. You will leave alone.”
“Do not waste your life on temporary attachments.”
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