Category:My Visits (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s extensive travels across the globe were not for personal tourism but were driven by a profound spiritual mission. Whether recounting his early childhood pilgrimages to sacred places in India or detailing his rigorous schedules across continents in his advanced age, the essence remains consistent. His visits were dedicated to establishing centers, encouraging his disciples, and propagating the eternal science of Krsna consciousness. Despite feeling the physical inconveniences of old age, his compassion and duty to his spiritual master propelled him to visit devotees, oversee temple developments, and share the philosophy with interested souls worldwide.
- The Preaching Mission: The primary motivation behind his global tours was to preach the philosophy and give spiritual association to his followers.
- Childhood Pilgrimages: From an early age, he accompanied his family to sacred temples, demonstrating a lifelong foundation in visiting holy places.
- Relentless Travels: Despite his advanced age and the physical toll of continuous travel, he maintained independent and demanding schedules across multiple continents.
- Inspecting the Centers: His visits served as vital opportunities to inspect the growth of rural communities and urban temples, offering guidance for their expansion.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda's Visits to Centers and Holy Places.
Pages in category "My Visits (Prabhupada)"
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- For them (my disciples) I visit my centers all over the world. So for that purpose I have come, as well as to let you know more about our philosophy, if you are interested
- Formerly, in our childhood, we visited this temple with our parents because all the members of the suvarna-vanik community enthusiastically take interest in this temple of Uddharana Datta Thakura
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- I am an old man. My visits should remain independent. As far as possible I am travelling, but nowadays I am feeling a little inconvenience
- I am going directly from Los Angeles to India, but when I return next year then I shall certainly come again to Mexico and visit all of my nice disciples there
- I am in due receipt of your short note which was hand-delivered to me by Dr. Wolf. I won't have the opportunity to visit Atlanta on this tour, however, I shall be in New York from July 9th - July 20th. You can see me in New York if it is possible for you
- I am in receipt of your letter dated December 7, 1973 along with the wonderful photos of Denver Temple. Thank you very much. I am very pleased. Carry on as you are doing. When I return to the U.S. next summer I will certainly consider visiting there
- I am presently fixing a traveling schedule for visiting Paris, France in the second week of May. Then I will visit, Geneva, Rome, Stockholm, and three or four cities in Germany, each place for no more than four or five days
- I have been invited by Australia & I am seriously considering visiting Moscow on my way to Europe, so my reaching at L.A. may take some more time, but I am always remembering about L.A. because I was very peacefully doing my translating work there
- I have not visited Jagannatha Puri because my men are not allowed to see the deity. When you arrange that we can visit the temple with my disciples then I can come immediately
- I have received an invitation to visit South Africa and visa application forms but it will take some time for any approval to come through. In the meantime, I am going to Zurich for about 10 days and then to London
- I thank you very much for your kind invitation to visit Mauritius. I am pleased to inform you that I am arriving at Port Louis from Bombay on the afternoon of September 30th instant. I look forward to meeting with Your Excellency
- I thank you very much for your sentiments, and I was pleased to visit your house. I liked New Vrindaban very much how everything is going on. Now just develop it to bigger scale
- I very much regret for the loss of your good wife. I always remember her because she was so kind upon me when I used to visit your house. She was so affectionately feeding me, so I felt very much when I learned that she is no more in this world
- I was visiting the Krsna consciousness farm in British Columbia, and on the road we were passing large herds of beef cows. We were discussing that the farmer thinks of these cows not as spirit souls but as commodities
- I will be seeing you all there in New Vrndavana after I visit the Rathayatra festivals and some other temples here in America
- I will visit, Geneva, Rome, Stockholm, and three or four cities in Germany, each place for no more than four or five days. So since I will not have to return to India until August, after Europe I can go to Australia for your Rathayatra
- I wish to express my heart-felt gratitude for the kind treatment given me and my disciples, members of the Hare Krishna Movement on our recent two day visit in Tirumala
- I wish to visit the other branches in England. Invite all members of our European centers and make the ceremony very very successful by combined effort
- If I go to Delhi, then on your request I shall go to visit your father without fail. For the time being there are plans for me to go to Russia. When I go there, it may be via Delhi. If so, then I will step down and see your father also
- In our (Prabhupada's) householder life we also (like Bhaktisiddhanta) sometimes visited this temple of Vallabhapura and took prasadam there at noon. The Deities of this temple, Sri Sri Radha-Govinda and the Gauranga vigraha, are extremely beautiful
- In the mean time you work cooperatively with the others to make our New Vrindaban a very nice place. Then how I can refuse to visit there?
- It was a very nice visit to the Bury Place temple. It is from there that we started our London activities
- It will not be possible for me to visit New Vrindaban at this time. Perhaps in the future, when I return to U.S.A
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- We have four places which I have visited - Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, and Jakarta. The preaching was very satisfactory. Sriman Amogha dasa is trying to learn the local language and print some books in the Dai Nippon branch here
- When we returned from America in 1967, the executive committee members of this temple (of Saptagrama) invited us to visit it, and thus we had the opportunity to visit this temple with some American students