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By Mukunda Goswami<\/strong><\/p>\n Although 52 years have passed since the founding of ISKCON, the society is still growing.<\/p>\n In 1965 Srila Prabhupada left the city then called Calcutta on a merchant steamer bound for New York. Only his son, Vrindavan Chandra De, was present to see him off. At age 60, Srila Prabhupada was carrying out the order of his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. The directive was to spread the glories of Lord Krishna to the English-speaking world. Srila Prabhupada had no friends or acquaintances in the US.<\/p>\n Fifty-year celebrations are often referred to as \u201cgolden anniversaries\u201d, but withering frames, human and mechanical, reveal the deceptive nature of the \u2018g\u2019 word. Glossy terms like \u201cgold\u201d and \u201cgolden\u201d are usually nothing more than skilful but empty clich\u00e9s that mask the ravages of age involving ineluctable decline. \u201cGolden Oldies\u201d, the \u201cGolden Years\u201d and \u201cGood as Gold\u201d are familiar phrases today. However, it has been said that, \u201cAll that glitters is not gold\u201d.<\/p>\n Things come into being, become increasingly visible, remain for a time, engender offshoots or inspire similitudes, deteriorate and finally disappear completely.<\/p>\n Fortunately, there are exceptions.<\/p>\n
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By Mukunda Goswami<\/strong><\/p>\n