Srila Prabhupada - Saktyavesa Avatara: *Rare Film Footage* Mahamantra Accompaniment:

Rare video footage of Saktyavesa Avatara His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada accompanied by the Hare Krishna Mahamantra performed by Srila Prabhupada Himself. During His mission to spread Krsna consciousness worldwide, Srila Prabhupada circumambulated the planet eleven times. Srila Prabhupada established 108 temples, cultural centres, and farming communities around the world. One of the most important contributions of Srila Prabhupada is his books. He translated more than 70 volumes of Vedic literature. All Srila Prabhupada’s books are highly appreciated by scholars because of their depth, clarity, and faithfulness towards the Vedic tradition. His books are being used by colleges and universities worldwide as textbooks for the study of Vedic philosophy. His books have been translated into 76 different languages. His most appreciated and famous works include ‘Bhagavad Gita As It Is’, 30-volumes of the ‘Srimad Bhagavatam’, and 17-volumes of ‘Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita’. His achievements are innumerable, magnificent, and extraordinary. Some of his achievements are listed below: 1. He dictated a total of 22,000 pages of text. 2. He translated and wrote purports to 18,000 verses of Srimad Bhagavatam. 3. He translated and wrote purports to 700 verses of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. 4. He translated and wrote purports to 12,555 verses of Chaitanya Charitamrita. 5. He published 147 books. 6. He wrote 7000 letters to his disciples. 7. He created Back to Godhead magazine, of which 1 million copies are distributed. 8. His Bhagavad Gita lectures are compiled in 7 volumes of books. 9. His Srimad Bhagavatam lectures are compiled in 12 volumes of books. 10. His conversations with various scientists, professors, editors have been compiled in 42 volumes of books. 11. He produced innumerable recordings. 12. He changed the lives of thousands of people of which 5000 became his initiated devotees. 13. During the 12 years Srila Prabhupada spent preaching in the western world He established 108 temples all over the world!!! All of this was achieved between the ages of 69 - 81 years!!! The sixteen words and thirty-two sound syllables of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra follow, with a short explanation of the Hare Krsna Mahamantra by Srila Prabhupada. HARE KRISHNA MAHA MANTRA: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Srila Prabhupada says: Rama and Krishna are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the maha-mantra, we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to Krishna that He may kindly deliver us from the service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. Hare Krishna means, “O energy of God, O God [Krishna], please engage me in Your service.“ It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect.