"USlala Prabhupada wayehlala nomoya wobubele bukaJehova obukhanya ngenhliziyo yakhe. Ngesibonelo sakhe wabonisa indlela yokuphila njengenhlakanipho eqinisile kanye nomngane wabo bonke abaphilayo. Okuyiqiniso kwezimfundiso ezingokomoya kungase kuqondwe ngokugcina izimfanelo zakhe, ukuzwa amazwi akhe nokufunda izincwadi zakhe. "- Radhanath Swami
Ubumnandi Bakhe BuNkulunkulu, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) kubhekwa kabanzi njengemibono evelele yezimfundiso nemikhuba yeBhakti-yoga ezweni laseNtshonalanga.
U-Abhay Charan De owazalwa ngoSeptemba 1, 1896, eCalcutta, esemusha wabamba iqhaza lokungalaleli komphakathi kaMahatma Gandhi. Kodwa-ke, kwakukhona umhlangano nomholi ovelele nesazi nomoya, uSrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, owawuthonya kakhulu ekubizweni kwekusasa lika-Abhay. Ngomhlangano wabo wokuqala uSrila Bhaktisiddhanta, owayemkhuba wesiko sasendulo we-Bhakti (yoga yokuthandaza), wabuza u-Abhay ukuthi alethe izimfundiso zeKrishna ezweni elikhuluma isiNgisi. Kusukela ekuzalweni, u-Abhay wayekhuliswe emndenini ozinikele ku-Krishna - igama elisho iNkosi yonke enamandla, ethandekayo. U-Abhay waba umfundi wakhe ngokujulile ngokuzinikela nokuhlakanipha kukaSrila Bhaktisiddhanta futhi wazinikela ekufezeni isicelo somfundisi wakhe. Kodwa kwakungakaze kube ngu-1965, eneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa, ukuthi wayezoya emsebenzini wakhe eNtshonalanga.
Ngenxa yokuthi uke wanikezwa isithunzi seBhaktivedanta ekuqaphelisweni kokufunda nokuzinikela kwakhe, futhi ethatha izithembiso zikaSannyasa (ukulahla), u-Abhay Charan, manje owaziwa ngokuthi uBhaktivedanta Swami, wacela umgwaqo wamahhala futhi wangena emkhunjini wezimpahla waya eNew York. Uhambo lwalukhohlisa, futhi uthisha ongokomoya osekhulile wahlaselwa izinhliziyo ezimbili emkhunjini. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-35 olwandle, wafika emgodini waseBrooklyn onesizungu enezinhlamvu eziyisikhombisa kuphela kuma-Indian rupees kanye nekhredithi yezinguqulo zakhe zamaSanskrit angcwele.
E-New York wabhekana nobunzima obukhulu ngaphandle kwemali noma indawo yokuhlala. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngokuzithoba, ngokunikeza amakilasi eBagavad-gita ezindaweni zokuzikhandla emgqeni waseBowery, eNew York, owubuciko obunamahloni, futhi ohola i-kirtan (izingoma zendabuko yokukhulekela) eTompkins Square Park. Isigijimi sakhe sokuthula nokuthakazelelwa sasihlangene nabantu abasha abaningana, abanye babo beza phambili ukuba babe abafundi abathintekayo bemikhuba yeKrishna-bhakti. Ngosizo lwalaba bafundi, uBhaktivedanta Swami waqasha indawo esitolo esincane esiseNew York eNew York ukuyisebenzisa njengethempeli. Ngemva kwezinyanga zobunzima nobunzima, ngoJulayi ka-1966, iBhaktivedanta Swami yasungula iNhlangano Yomhlaba Yonke yeKhishna Consciousness ngenhloso yokuhlola ukungalingani kwamagugu emhlabeni futhi isebenze ubumbano wangempela nokuthula. Wafundisa ukuthi umphefumulo ngamunye uyingxenye kanye nenxenye yekhwalithi kaNkulunkulu nokuthi umuntu angathola injabulo yangempela ngokuphila ngendlela elula, engokwemvelo nokuzinikezela amandla enkonzweni kaNkulunkulu nazo zonke izinto eziphilayo.
Njengoba eseqalile ukuqalisa abalandeli bakhe baseMelika emkhawulweni weGaudiya Vaishnava, uBhaktivedanta Swami wabe eseya eSan Francisco. Phakathi komphakathi we-hippie okhulayo esifundeni saseHaight-Ashbury, ngo-1967 "Summer of Love" wafundisa ukuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kokuzinikela nge-kirtan kwakuphakeme kakhulu ngokomoya kunoma yiziphi izinjabulo ezivela emithonjeni yezinto ezifana nemfuyo, udumo noma ukudakwa . Ezinyangeni ezilandelayo abanye abaningi beza phambili ukumsiza. Efisa ukumtshela ngenhlonipho efanele umfundisi ohloniphekile ongokomoya, abafundi bakhe baqala ukumbiza ngeSrila Prabhupada, okusho ukuthi "ohlala phansi obafundisi bezinyawo".
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Eph 17, 2024