T he K rishna C onsciousness M ovement has established its center in Maya pur, the birth site of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to give everyone the great opportunity to go there and perform a constant festival of sankir‑ tan-yajna, and to distribute prasadam to millions of hun gry people hankering for spiritual emancipation. This is the mission of the Krishna Consciousness Movement. -His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami In 1965 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left India for America at the age of sixty-nine to fulfill his spiritual mas ter’s request that he teach the science of Krsna Consciousness throughout the English speak ing world. Through his absolute dedication and faith he soon established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In a dozen years he published some seventy volumes of translations and commentaries on India’s Vedic literature, which are now standard in universi ties all over the world. Meanwhile, traveling almost non-stop, Srila Prabhupada molded his international society into a world-wide confed eration of asramas, schools, temples, farms etc. In 1970 he began the Sri Mayapur project in In dia where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - the incar nation of Godhead who inaugurated the Hare Krishna movement - appeared 500 years ago. In Mayapur Srila Prabhupada planned and set in motion the development of a spiritual city, a place of wonderful, spiritual culture and edu cation, that would demonstrate to the world the practical application of Krishna Conscious ness in every sphere of life. Today this fledgling city of Mayapur is carrying the torchlight for a spiritual culture that is literally illuminating the planet. 2
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