{"id":19868,"date":"2015-09-17T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T11:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=19868"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T11:18:23","slug":"celebrating-prabhupadas-arrival-in-boston-at-bhaktivedanta-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=19868","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Prabhupada\u2019s Arrival in Boston at Bhaktivedanta Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mina Sharma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devotees <\/span>gathered at <\/span>Bhaktivedanta<\/span> Manor<\/span> to offer deep thanks and gratitude to the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, <\/span>Srila<\/span> A.C. <\/span>Bhaktivedanta<\/span> Swami <\/span>Prabhupada<\/span>. Fifty years ago to the day, <\/span>Srila<\/span> <\/span>Prabhupada<\/span> arrived at Boston <\/span>Harbour<\/span> with his message of devotion to Krishna. He was alone and unannounced, and from very simple beginnings he established an international movement of tens of thousands of devotees and palatial temples all over the world. His message was simple, chant and be happy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prabhupada\u2019s<\/span> <\/span>vyasasana<\/span> (seat) was surrounded by flower displays and many garlands adorned him. The prayers he wrote on arrival were sung as devotees meditated on his profound humility and compassion. In a special talk, temple president <\/span>Sruti<\/span> Dharma <\/span>Prabhu<\/span>,<\/span> spoke of the many gifts of <\/span>Srila<\/span> <\/span>Prabhupada<\/span>. The observance was both joyful and sobering, as feelings of both appreciation and awe were expressed reflecting on the sacrifice and<\/span>humble beginnings of <\/span>Prabhupada<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amidst the melodious chanting, the altar form of <\/span>Srila<\/span><\/span>Prabhupada<\/span> was bathed in the auspicious <\/span>abhiseka<\/span><\/span>ceremony by the temple priests. The fiftieth anniversary<\/span><\/a>celebration coordinator, <\/span>Devaki<\/span> <\/span>dasi<\/span> reported: \u2018today we welcome <\/span>Srila<\/span> <\/span>Prabhupada<\/span> with all our hearts. Celebrations will continue on Saturday<\/span><\/span> morning and the throughout the year 2016. We are all blessed, very blessed, by His Divine Grace\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018My dear Lord <\/span>K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/span><\/a>, You are so kind upon this useless soul, but I do not know why <\/span>You<\/span> have brought me here. Now<\/span>You<\/span> can do whatever You like with me.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018O Lord, I am just like a puppet in<\/span>Your<\/span> hands. So if <\/span>You<\/span> have brought me here to dance, then make me dance, make me dance, O Lord, make me dance as You like.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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(From <\/span>Prabhupada\u2019s<\/span> prayers written on his arrival in Boston)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Mina Sharma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prabhupada\u2019s vyasasana (seat) was surrounded by flower displays and many garlands adorned him. The prayers he wrote on arrival were sung as devotees meditated on his profound humility and compassion. In a special talk, temple president Sruti Dharma Prabhu, spoke of the many gifts of Srila Prabhupada. The observance was both joyful and sobering, as feelings of both appreciation and awe were expressed reflecting on the sacrifice andhumble beginnings of Prabhupada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iskcon-50","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19872,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868\/revisions\/19872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}