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Sarasvati Thakura was born on February 6, 1874, at Jagannath Puri in Orissa, seventh child of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, a government magistrate in charge of the Jagannath temple, and Srimati Bhagavati Devi; as an infant he received a garland from Lord Jagannath when the Rathayatra chariot stopped before his family's house, a memory shared on film by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The film traces his early life: assisting his father in proofreading the Sajjana Tosani journal by age seven, receiving harinama initiation with tulasi beads and the Narasimha mantra, excelling in Sanskrit to earn the title Siddhanta Sarasvati, and forming a philosophical discussion group called the August Assembly at seventeen, whose members took vows of celibacy that only he kept for life.

His mission, the Gaudiya Math, flourished from 1918 until his departure in 1937: he established over sixty-four centers in India and abroad, installed deities at major mathas, conferred sannyasa on twenty-one disciples whom he sent out to preach, and published a monumental body of literature, including the Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Chaitanya Charitamrita, the works of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, and Srimad-Bhagavatam itself, through his printing press, which he called the Brihat Mridanga because the kartala-mridanga in sankirtana can be heard nearby but the printing press can be heard around the world. He also helped confirm Yogapit at Mayapur as the authentic birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, through his father's visions, archaeological findings, and an official proclamation by Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal. In 1933 he sent Bhakti Hridayaban Maharaja and Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaja as the first Gaudiya preachers to Europe, where they met King George V, Queen Mary, and even Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, each given a copy of Sri Krishna Chaitanya.

After final instructions at Bhagbazar Gaudiya Math in Calcutta, always preach the message of Rupa and Raghunatha and desire only to be the dust at their feet, Sarasvati Thakura left this world on January 1, 1937, at 5:30 a.m., when all the clocks of the Math reportedly stopped; his body was taken by train to Mayapur, where thousands lined the way to pay their respects. The film concludes with the fulfillment of his desire: in 1965 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada sailed on the ship Jaladutta to New York City with a trunk of English Srimad-Bhagavatam volumes, and within twelve years had spread Krishna consciousness across the globe. It ends by affirming that Krishna consciousness is the eternal consciousness of the soul, not limited by race, color, or society, and that in the 21st century disciples and grand-disciples continue the sankirtana movement on every continent.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2438/rathayatra-pulling-krishna-home/https://krishnatube.com/video/2438/rathayatra-pulling-krishna-home/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
On the day itself, hundreds of thousands gather along three kilometers of grand road as the deities are carried out: first Lord Jagannath's scepter Sudarshan, then Baladeva and Subhadra, and finally the Lord himself, hoisted onto his sixteen-wheeled chariot Nandi Bhoja by scores of devotees. The Sankaracharya, one of four living representatives of the Vedantist school, climbs each chariot in homage, and the Gajapati Maharaja, the traditional king of Puri, sweeps the chariots with a golden-handled broomstick and sprinkles sandalwood water before an elephant-headed procession sets out. Without any steering, the chariots are pulled by ropes held by hundreds of men, women, and children, maneuvered through sharp curves, and after camping overnight they resume toward Gundicha Temple, described as Puri's spiritual equivalent of Vrindavan, the childhood village of Lord Krishna.

The narration also describes Puri's Maha Prasad, the food prepared daily for the deities in a kitchen said to be the world's largest, feeding up to 100,000 people with 56 dishes on ordinary days and nearly 100 on special days, all strictly vegetarian and free of chili, garlic, and onion. It explains the inner meaning of the festival: the Vrindavan devotees are pulling the kingly Lord Krishna back to his idyllic playground for a symbolic week's holiday before the trinity returns to the main temple.

The film recalls that five hundred years ago, during this same Rathayatra, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda, described as incarnations of Krsna and Baladeva, danced in ecstatic transformations recorded in the Chaitanya Charitamrita, at which moments Jagannath's chariot would mysteriously stop. It notes that inspired by Lord Chaitanya and especially His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Rathayatra festival has been exported worldwide since 1971, now held in cities from Los Angeles and New York to Sydney, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Moscow. The closing words affirm that devotees 'live in India or England or America, but we are all his children,' united as brothers in this one festival.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2437/the-simple-temple/https://krishnatube.com/video/2437/the-simple-temple/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
The film shows daily practice: Mangal Aarti at 5:30, temple cleaning from 4:30, and a weekly Maha Cleaning schedule in which every brahmachari, including the temple president, must sweep; anyone even a few seconds late for kirtan, leaders included, writes down 108 Maha Mantras during japa time. It explains the temple's unusual policy that the brahmacharis do no fundraising at all and that no visitor is ever approached for a donation, with maintenance instead handled by householders of the congregation. Cleaning the temple is described as cleaning the heart, done in service to Radha and Krishna.

The temple began humbly; it is said that in 1971 Prabhupada told Shyam Sundar Prabhu that a preaching center must be established right there, and from a small eight-foot room the community grew into a complex of nearly century-old buildings connected by bridges and stairs. One devotee jokes with a Laurel and Hardy story about patches on a suit to describe how almost everything in the building has been replaced over time. The documentary highlights the family spirit: newcomers are taken in as family members, a counselor system of some thirty-five counselors supports devotees through practical and spiritual problems, and college preaching in medical colleges and the IIT has drawn many young devotees since 1991-92.

A Western seeker recounts arriving in India after years of traveling through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, having lived with yogis, Buddhists, and Shaivites, before finding a Hare Krishna tent in Bombay where some 30,000 people gathered to hear A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada lecture for two weeks; he concludes that the founder was 'the embodiment of the essence of all the spiritual principles' he had learned. The closing message is that the goal is not merely activity but ensuring that every devotee remains in Srila Prabhupada's movement for life, with faith and enthusiasm to hear and chant the glories of the Lord.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2436/yuga-dharma-sri-harinam-yatra-russia-2007/https://krishnatube.com/video/2436/yuga-dharma-sri-harinam-yatra-russia-2007/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
Devotees explain that prasadam accepted by Krishna is itself an association with Krishna, and distribute books on ancient culture, yoga, and meditation, asking only for a small donation of 20-30 rubles from the heart. Interviewed passersby share their impressions: one woman calls it 'an unusual sight,' saying they even ran away from the beach, but adds that she is glad to show such a religion exists in their country and is not forbidden, while others simply say they liked the dance and felt only positive emotions.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2435/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-4-13-srila-prabhupada/https://krishnatube.com/video/2435/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-4-13-srila-prabhupada/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
Prabhupada then speaks on the position of the living entity as part and parcel of God, comparing sparks to a great fire, and notes that the same intelligence that floats millions of stars in space is divine. He addresses the modern belief in overpopulation, arguing that if God can create, He can also maintain, and describes spiritual communism, the understanding that everything, including the land and its produce, belongs to God while we are His children, entitled to live at His expense.

Turning back to the verse, he explains the four classes as the intelligent class (brahmana), administrators (kshatriya), producers (vaisya), and workers (suddra), comparing them to the parts of a body that cannot be missing without harm. He observes that modern society is chaotic because it lacks true brahmanas and kshatriyas, and that even in India the divisions are largely nominal since people are not classified by quality. He closes by urging Westerners, especially Americans, to take up Krishna consciousness seriously and become a first-class nation.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2434/hall-program/https://krishnatube.com/video/2434/hall-program/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
He explains that God is absolute, meaning there is no difference between His name and Himself, unlike in the material world where chanting 'water' will not quench one's thirst. Therefore by chanting Hare Krsna one is directly in contact with God, an experience he personally affirms. He then turns to our identity: we are the eternal enjoyer (purusva) who changes temporary bodies and designations, and the intelligent inquiry into what we really are, atata-brahma-jijnasa, is the beginning of human life.

Prabhupada observes that in this material world we actually suffer while mistaking it for enjoyment, comparing a hard-earned paycheck to a mere piece of paper. He notes that those absorbed in sense gratification are called demons while those who use their lives for God realization are godly, citing the example of Prahlada Maharaja and his father. The session ends with questions: one asks about the doctrine of Krishna consciousness, and another, quoting Srimad-Bhagavatam, asks why we are here if Krsna did not want us to come to the material world, to which Prabhupada replies that like a child who insists on going against his father's advice, we insist, and God, who does not interfere with our little independence, simply sanctions it.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2433/srila-prabhupada-arriving-in-pittsburgh-alternate-footage-1970s/https://krishnatube.com/video/2433/srila-prabhupada-arriving-in-pittsburgh-alternate-footage-1970s/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
In the exchange, it is noted that many people today do not believe in life after death, and the speaker observes that there is at least an admission of a next life. Asked what hell is, he replies that both heaven and hell are part of this material world, different systems within the universe, and that one's situation there is calculated according to the three modes of material nature.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2432/srimad-bhagavatam-6-1-3-class-by-srila-prabhupada/https://krishnatube.com/video/2432/srimad-bhagavatam-6-1-3-class-by-srila-prabhupada/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000
Prabhupada argues that nature is a machine, and since no machine works without an operator, there must be a supreme operator, God. He cites Krsna's own evidence in the Bhagavad-gita, including the story of the seven-year-old Lord lifting a mountain on His finger against gravity, and urges taking perfect knowledge from the supreme authority as a child accepts a warning not to touch fire. He invites the audience to fully utilize 'our Melbourne center,' reading books and arguing with full knowledge, or simply chanting Hare Krsna; both ways are allowed.

The session includes questions and answers: on whether Brahma's swan is literal or symbolic, Prabhupada says it is real, and that one should not calculate Vedic facts by teeny human experience, illustrating with the Bhagavad-gita's statement that one day of Brahma equals four million three hundred thousand years multiplied by a thousand. Asked whether lifetimes of sinful reactions can be counteracted in one lifetime, he quotes Krsna's assurance that full surrender, thinking of Him, becoming His devotee, worshipping Him, and offering respect, gives immediate relief from all sins. He concludes with Rishabhadeva's instruction that life should not be wasted like dogs and hogs but utilized for tapasya, the purification of our existence.]]>https://krishnatube.com/video/2431/dd-swami-sitar/https://krishnatube.com/video/2431/dd-swami-sitar/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2430/george-harrison-my-sweet-lord-alternate-edit/https://krishnatube.com/video/2430/george-harrison-my-sweet-lord-alternate-edit/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:29:48 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2429/albany/https://krishnatube.com/video/2429/albany/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:39:44 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2428/albany-gaura-gopal-interview-whats-it-all-about/https://krishnatube.com/video/2428/albany-gaura-gopal-interview-whats-it-all-about/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:40:40 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2427/goura-gopal-introduction/https://krishnatube.com/video/2427/goura-gopal-introduction/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:44:23 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2426/prahlada-every-town-and-village-film-clip-with-travelling-temple-footage/https://krishnatube.com/video/2426/prahlada-every-town-and-village-film-clip-with-travelling-temple-footage/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:02:58 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2425/prahlada-life-can-be-better-film-clip/https://krishnatube.com/video/2425/prahlada-life-can-be-better-film-clip/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:59:50 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2424/prahlada-through-the-eyes-of-a-child-film-clip/https://krishnatube.com/video/2424/prahlada-through-the-eyes-of-a-child-film-clip/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:08:50 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2423/prahlada-every-town-and-village-film-clip/https://krishnatube.com/video/2423/prahlada-every-town-and-village-film-clip/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:56:26 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2422/gaura-gopal-on-the-road-to-freedom-interview/https://krishnatube.com/video/2422/gaura-gopal-on-the-road-to-freedom-interview/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:47:39 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2421/the-making-of-krishna-kids-mike-willesse-show/https://krishnatube.com/video/2421/the-making-of-krishna-kids-mike-willesse-show/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:16:54 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2420/raw-footage-bus-kirtan-signing-petition/https://krishnatube.com/video/2420/raw-footage-bus-kirtan-signing-petition/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:26:29 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2419/krishna-vision-north-sydney-1992-sri-sri-siksastakam/https://krishnatube.com/video/2419/krishna-vision-north-sydney-1992-sri-sri-siksastakam/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:49:23 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2418/goura-gopalas-conclusion-and-showing-press-clippings/https://krishnatube.com/video/2418/goura-gopalas-conclusion-and-showing-press-clippings/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:52:22 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2417/mysteries-of-the-sacred-universe-sadaputa-dasa/https://krishnatube.com/video/2417/mysteries-of-the-sacred-universe-sadaputa-dasa/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:11:22 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2416/prahlada-interview-about-mr-regan-song/https://krishnatube.com/video/2416/prahlada-interview-about-mr-regan-song/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:46:13 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2415/prahlada-and-kk-message-for-tomorrow-film-clip/https://krishnatube.com/video/2415/prahlada-and-kk-message-for-tomorrow-film-clip/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:42:58 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2414/newcastle-hare-krishna-farm-news-9-4-91/https://krishnatube.com/video/2414/newcastle-hare-krishna-farm-news-9-4-91/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:52:58 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2413/children-of-krishna-60-minutes-1993/https://krishnatube.com/video/2413/children-of-krishna-60-minutes-1993/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:38:04 +0000https://krishnatube.com/video/2412/ganga-bbc-documentary-part-3/https://krishnatube.com/video/2412/ganga-bbc-documentary-part-3/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:52:48 +0000