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-I'm Reid Collins.
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Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,
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Krishna Krishna,
Hare Hare.
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A hypnotic, rhythmic chant
of 16 words has replaced LSD
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and other drugs for some
in New York's East Village.
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On Second Avenue
and First Street is a storefront
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in which a Swami
has set up shop.
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There,
his American disciples
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are learning about
Krishna consciousness.
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[Thomas Hopkins]
-If someone told you the story,
you wouldn't believe it.
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Here he is.
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He's 70 years old.
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He has no money,
he has no contacts.
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He has none of the things
that makes for success.
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He's starting an effort,
and it turns into
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an international movement.
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[thunder rumbles]
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[rock music playing]
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[Radhanath Swami]
-Prabhupada came to America
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at an extraordinary time.
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[Martin Luther King Jr.]
All we say to America
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is be true to what
you said on paper.
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[rock music playing]
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[Devamrita Swami]
-Everyone was questioning.
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Everyone was searching
for a better way of life.
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[Timothy Leary]
-Turn on, tune in,
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and drop out.
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[Govinda D]
-Timothy Leary came along
with the drug bandwagon.
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But that wasn't good enough.
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We wanted an alternate reality
that wasn't drug induced.
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[Shyamasundar]
-And suddenly, this new force
from the East was coming in.
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People began to look
towards India.
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[Abhirama]
-There was a sense in us that
the ancients knew something,
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that there was a goodness
inherent in man,
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and there was a wisdom.
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[Amarendra Das]
-So Prabhupada got here
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right at that
historical moment in time.
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He walked right into
the middle of it.
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[Indian music playing]
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[Sally Agarwal]
-He was such a curiosity.
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I mean just to look at him
was just an amazement.
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Wow.
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[Edwin Bryant]
-He was a person that seemed
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to be experiencing
a state of happiness
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that came from someplace
that they knew nothing about
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and never had any access to.
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And so they were intrigued.
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[Amarendra]
-He says, this movement
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is meant to bring about
a revolution
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in the life
of a misdirected civilization.
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[Schweig]
-Prabhupada brought forward
the great culture
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and the great teachings
of those who came before him.
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[Indian music playing]
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-If I see this person
is a soul,
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struggling just like
I'm struggling in my body,
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then all of a sudden,
we're family.
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And I have a reason to love you.
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That's... that's deep.
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[Abhirama]
-He challenged the very premise
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of our material life.
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And for many of us,
that was...
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exactly what
we needed to hear.
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[horns honking]
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[Rukmini Dasi]
-Prabhupada was staying
in an office building,
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moving from one office
to another.
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[radio announcers]
-Coldest winter in memory.
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The states of New York...
Federal disaster areas...
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Four to eight
more inches tonight.
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-He had no idea
what snow would be like.
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He never saw snow.
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[Rukmini]
-He was writing so many
letters back to India,
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to industrialists,
asking for help or support.
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And he didn't receive
one letter of encouragement
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or one letter
of offer to help.
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[Yogesvara]
-Here he was, 70 years old...
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and he's a stranger
in a strange land.
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-Ooh, now that's a hamburger.
-That's a Whopper.
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-Something to be proud of.
-Hey, you're all right!
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-You have to imagine what
it must have been like for him
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growing up in the 19th century
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in Colonial India.
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The image of America was what
was presented in "Life" magazine
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of this monstrous
industrialized nation.
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Rugged individualism
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and, you know,
questioning authority.
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To think about bringing
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a message of self-control,
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of minimizing needs,
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of love for Krishna,
love for God,
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must have been daunting.
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And yet, that's what
he had to do.
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Having been requested
by his guru,
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"Go to the West and speak
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"Krishna's message
in the English language.
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Spread this teaching
around the world."
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[gentle piano music playing]
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[glass breaking]
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[Hari Sauri Das]
-He did it two or three times.
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The clerk at the shipping
counter, he asked him,
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"Well, Swamiji, you keep asking
when the boat's going back,
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but you never actually go."
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-Traditionally, swamis,
yogis, Zen masters
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all moved uptown to the rich,
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and were sponsored
and funded by the rich.
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And you would find Krishnamurti
living in elegant apartments
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on the Upper East Side
with drawing rooms
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and French furniture,
and here was Bhaktivedanta
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like in the depths of Calcutta,
where the hippies were
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and where the acid heads were,
and the freaks
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and the amphetamine heads,
and the meth... monsters.
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So, it seems like
he was actually bringing
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some kind of ray of song
and light to the right place.
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The lower depths,
where it was needed.
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-Rather than being a hippie,
I was more of a seeker,
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a spiritual seeker,
because I didn't have long hair,
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and I didn't really identify
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with the alternative
and revolutionary movement.
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But there was something
inside me
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that was searching
for something else.
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[Indian music playing]
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The way I first met
Prabhupada was
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I was on a crosstown bus
in Manhattan, on Grand Street,
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and ran into a person that
I knew, and this person
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on a scrap piece of paper gave
me an address, and he said,
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"This is the address
of an Indian Swami.
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"He's lecturing
three times a week,
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and I think you
should go there."
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[Indian music playing]
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When I first met Prabhupada,
I was very impressed
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with the fact
that he was elderly,
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and that he was very learned
and that he was alone.
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And that made me feel like
I really had to help.
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[Indian music playing]
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[Mukunda]
-I went to the newsstand
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that carries
"The Village Voice."
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And I saw an advertisement
for 26 Second Avenue.
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[Thomas Hopkins]
-It had been a gift shop,
Matchless Gifts.
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They were going to take
the sign off of the window,
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and he told them, "No, no.
[chuckling]
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This is what we have
is matchless gifts."
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[Mukunda]
-There was usually
not more than about
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seven or eight people there.
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And some of them were--
were seekers and hippies,
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and others were just coming
to pick up on the vibes,
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and it was just kind of
a motley assortment of people.
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-I just came in and, uh,
I was tired and they said,
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"If you're tired, go to sleep.
Lay down here."
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-You mean it's your first day?
-Uh-huh.
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[Kirtanananda]
-One thing which
usually happens,
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those who come
like this,
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they come and they
just never go.
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Once you come, you stay.
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Because the swami has something
which you are looking for.
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[Mukunda]
-We thought that Prabhupada
was a sincere person,
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devoid of hypocrisy
which people,
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especially young people,
really do not like.
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And we didn't see any evidence
of hypocritical teachings
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in anything
that Prabhupada taught
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or anything that was part
of his persona.
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[Hopkins]
-The marvelous thing
about Prabhupada
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was that he was so...
no other word but loving.
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He accepted them,
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he welcomed them
into the temple.
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[Yogesvara]
-Plus he could cook
like nobody's business.
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You know, the food
was a slam dunk.
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[Schweig]
-So not only was it
delicious and healthy,
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but it would be
something even sacred.
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[Kirtanananda]
-In the Gita,
Krishna has told us
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what he wants us to eat,
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namely, fresh fruits
and grains.
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And so we have
a very delicious meal here.
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It's very cheap.
Uh, it goes a long way.
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It's quite easy to prepare
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and we have a lot of fun.
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[Indian music playing]
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[Mukunda]
-When the first love feast
occurred in the Bowery,
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Prabhupada's demeanor was
as a very affable and happy host
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and he seemed to always be
smiling and encouraging people
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to take more and more
and more and more.
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He was like a friend,
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and he was giving a party,
and it was his party,
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and he just wanted
everyone to be happy.
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[Rukmini]
-Prabhupada's standing in line
for the bathroom
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with the young men
and, um, serving them,
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and washing the pots,
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until someone finally
asked after some time,
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"Maybe we could help you?"
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[Hopkins]
-He put up with no nonsense,
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but he didn't expect them
to be perfect.
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He expected them, if they wanted
to stay, to make some effort.
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-We're here to learn
and that's what we're doing.
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And we also, uh,
we have jobs to perform.
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We, uh, recently purchased
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a couple
of mimeograph machines,
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and that's helping
our printing.
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[Yogesvara]
-Prabhupada laid down the law.
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If you really want
to progress in spiritual life,
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this is the bare minimum.
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Live a clean life,
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chant every day,
and you'll see the results.
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-The first thing
that he did for us
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was give us our method
of chanting,
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which is so powerful a method
that it will work for anyone.
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-If I meditated on the word
"Raymond, Raymond, Raymond,"
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that wouldn't be
the same at all.
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The word "Krishna" is God.
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-You're singing,
you're dancing,
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your mind is fully engaged
in thinking about God.
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What more can there be?
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This is the full aim
of any kind of yoga.
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-Anyone who chants
"Hare Krishna."
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Ha-Have you got
the whole chant?
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-Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,
Krishna Krishna, Hare, Hare.
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Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama, Rama, Hare Hare.
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[singing "Hare Krishna"]
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-Some of the drug followers,
they are functioning,
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functioning high
on a low level.
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And we are functioning high,
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and we are functioning
low on a high level.
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[woman]
-Could you explain that?
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-Did you get that?
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They're functioning high,
they're, they're,
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they're, this feeling,
this is, this...
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[Hari Sauri]
-We had no idea about anything.
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Looking back at what we were,
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and, you know,
the kinds of people
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that Prabhupada was trying
to spread this movement through,
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and, you know,
we were a sorry bunch.
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[bell jingling]
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[Radhanath]
-Historically, India is a place
where it was the normal life
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for everyone to live
in harmony with God's will.
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It was a culture where
the focus of everything
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was so much
in devotion to Krishna.
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[Yogesvara]
-That spiritual culture
of India acknowledges
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that throughout history,
humanity has always needed
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spiritual revival
at different moments.
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500 years ago, the pioneer
of Krishna devotion,
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the great teacher
Shri Chaitanya,
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appeared into the troubled world
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of 1500s India.
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[Gauravani]
-The movement of Shri Chaitanya
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was a movement
of sacred sound,
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and people would
gather in the street
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and they would sing and dance.
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[Abhishek Ghosh]
-Caitanya decided to take
his bhakti movement,
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his devotional movement
to all the corners of India.
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He had inspired thousands,
if not millions of people
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to take up the chanting
of the holy names of Krishna.
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[Gauravani]
-And people were trying
to understand,
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"Well, what is this
revolution for?"
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It was for equality of the soul,
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to understand that
we are not these bodies.
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And that we are all brothers
and sisters, children of God.
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Wherever there is life,
there is sacredness.
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[Indian music playing]
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[man chanting]
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[Gauravani]
-Then Prabhupada did something
unusual for America.
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He decided it was time to take
the chanting and the music
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and the dancing out
onto the streets,
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as Chaitanya had done
500 years earlier.
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[Indian music playing]
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[chanting "Hare Krishna"]
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[Indian music playing]
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[Thomas Hopkins]
-They had never seen anything
like him before.
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He was a phenomena
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that they had never,
never encountered.
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-He looked like...
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the Prime Minister
of the galaxy.
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[Sally Agarwal]
-He was sort of
forbidding-looking.
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But when he laughed,
he just took in the world.
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He was oceanic.
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And you just couldn't help
laughing, too.
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[chanting and drumming]
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[Gauravani]
-He didn't even have
a proper drum or anything.
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He would just, you know,
whatever he had,
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he'd just bonk on it
just to make a little sound
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to keep the rhythm.
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But he had the name.
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He chanted with so much faith
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that it just drew
a universe of people to him.
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[Ramesvara]
-At first I heard the cymbals,
the hand cymbals,
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and I started to follow
the sound until I found
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where they were chanting.
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And I was struck with wonder
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that this is extraordinary.
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This means I don't have to go
to India to get a mantra.
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Here are these ecstatic monks
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bringing the mantra
to me, for free.
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[Larry Shin]
-Reciting the names
of Krishna is a tradition
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that goes far back
in India as a way,
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when recited repetitively
with deep spirituality,
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pulls you into the sphere
of Krishna himself.
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[Yogesvara]
-He understood what could happen
if the chanting
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of Hare Krishna made
its appearance on a world stage.
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[Yogesvara]
-It's a cleansing
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of the collective
consciousness of society
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that can unleash all kinds
of amazing transformations.
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[Brahmananda]
-"The New York Times"
took a photograph.
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The caption was, "Swami's flock
finds ecstasy in the park."
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Prabhupada said,
"'The Times' of New York
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"was the most important
newspaper in the world.
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This article marked
the beginning of my movement."
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[gentle music playing]
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[Govinda Dasi]
-He asked me about my life,
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and I told him I had
traveled all over Europe.
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He looked at me and says,
"Oh? You're so young
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and you have traveled so much?"
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And I said, "Yes, Swamiji,
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but none of it made me happy."
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And he burst into
a beautiful smile and said,
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"Ah, yes. That is required."
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[gentle music playing]
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[Yogesvara]
-The thing that's extraordinary
about the '60s is that
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there were so many things
being thrown into question.
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The world's a desperate place,
we're destroying the planet,
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we're destroying one another.
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There has to be
some other solution.
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[Abhirama]
-As a young man,
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Srila Prabhupada's
looking for that.
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He was a Gandhian.
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[Yogesvara]
-Prabhupada had been attracted
to Gandhi's movement
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because it was
a non-violent demonstration,
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a protest, against circumstances
that were intolerable.
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But something happens when
he meets his spiritual master,
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and he's reminded that there's
another kind of revolution
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going on that's
much more important,
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for a higher purpose,
not a political end
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but a spiritual end.
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[Indian music playing]
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[Yogesvara]
-Everything about
Bhaktisiddhanta
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spoke to his spiritual gravitas.
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[Ramesvara]
-He comes from a line
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of spiritual teachers that
goes back more than 5,000 years.
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[Yogesvara]
-Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati's
core message was
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you are the soul...
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the consciousness
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animating the body with life.
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And what is the nature
of that life?
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It's eternal,
it's fully self-aware...
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and joyful, blissful.
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[Abhirama]
-This was a very
ambitious thought,
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and Prabhupada understood
how ambitious it was.
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[Yogesvara]
-That's a universal message.
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And it's meant to be shared
with the rest of the world.
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-What is an epiphany?
What, what happens
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that something completely
transforms a life?
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[Abhirama]
-Then, there's another,
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more urgent request
from his guru,
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this time in the form
of a letter.
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[Yogesvara]
-The stakes were now raised.
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[bomb whistling]
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[Hitler shouting in German]
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Energies would become even more
focused on making it happen,
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one way or another,
as impossible as it was.
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[Yogesvara]
-The articles that he wrote
analyzed how human greed
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had led to World War II.
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How conflict between peoples
and between nations
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can be traced back
to spiritual ignorance.
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[Rambhoru]
-His children were grown
and in school or married,
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and it was time.
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[Yogesvara]
-He finally accepted
the sannyas order.
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[train horn whistles]
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[hooves clopping]
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[Yogesvara]
-Going to Vrindavan was a way
of harnessing energies.
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He's there contemplating
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what's needed to bring Krishna
to the world.
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[Rukmini]
-This is very much a part
of the Indian culture.
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From ancient times,
at the end of life,
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one will focus on the most
important work of life:
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realizing who I am
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in relationship
with the Divine Person.
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[gentle piano music playing]
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[Yogesvara]
-It was an intense
period of writing,
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and getting those
first three books
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of the Srimad-Bhagavatam
published.
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He was able to synthesize a vast
library of Sanskrit wisdom texts
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down to their essence,
and transpose that
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into a language that people
of the 20th and 21st centuries
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can understand.
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In this one text,
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the entire expanse of creation
is described.
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-This book has the potential
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to lead a revolution
in consciousness,
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which he felt
was the need of the hour.
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[radio host]
-So we're talking with
Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta.
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-You know
the Hare Krishna chant?
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-No, go ahead.
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-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
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♪ Hare Krishna ♪
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♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
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♪ Hare Hare ♪
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♪ Hare Rama ♪
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♪ Hare Rama ♪
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♪ Rama Rama ♪
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♪ Hare Hare... ♪
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[Brahmananda]
-We were getting
a lot of publicity.
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Allen Kallman came and wanted
to make the record.
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[chanting]
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There was this station,
WBAI, alternative radio,
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the top show for interesting
talk and alternative music.
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And one night he played
the record, non-stop,
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from 10:00 at night
to 6:00 in the morning.
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[chanting "Hare Krishna"]
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[Yogesvara]
-Part of the radical-ness
of Prabhupada's mission
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was really upsetting
the social apple cart
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by sending students into
the streets to chant and dance.
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That's not considered
normal behavior.
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And yet, it's gripping.
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You can't remain indifferent.
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[chanting continues]
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[Gargamuni]
-We used to make these leaflets
called "Stay High Forever."
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People really got a kick
out of those.
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People would look
at that and say,
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"Wow! He is high!
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"He's so high, he's trying
to keep himself down
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just from the mantra."
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00:38:14,952 --> 00:38:18,116
-If you can think about
what you might call "chutzpah,"
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[chuckling]
this was incredible.
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Incorporating
an international society
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when you're living
out of a storefront
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and you have no resources
whatsoever.
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They didn't have any idea
what he was doing,
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and he assured them, "Well,
this is what we're gonna be."
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[Govinda]
-And he would turn the globe,
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and he was studying all
the countries of the world.
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And sometimes he would say,
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"Brahmananda,
you shall go to Russia.
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Gaurasundar,
you go to Japan."
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And his plan was to... to send
people all over the world.
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But you have to realize,
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we only had about 12 teenagers.
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[Rukmini]
-So he was looking into
the eyes of each one of us,
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saying, "I want each one of you
to open a temple somewhere."
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And at that time,
I was so young and so impetuous,
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and I was only 16 years old.
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And I just said,
"Even the girls?"
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Prabhupada looked at me,
and he said,
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"There is no difference between
the boys and the girls.
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"When you are teaching
Krishna consciousness,
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there is no difference."
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[Mukunda]
-When I was leaving
for the West coast,
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I was walking out the door,
Prabhupada said,
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"Just, while you're
on the West coast,
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try to start a center."
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And somehow, that--
that simple phrase, uh...
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rang in my mind
over and over again.
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[rock music playing]
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[Shyamasundar]
-A car pulled in,
and it was Michael and Jan.
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They had just driven out
from New York.
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And the reason they came
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was to tell us about
this swami they had met.
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[Mukunda]
-They thought I was pretty cool
because of the way that I was
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after I had met the swami
and I had taken initiation,
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so they got enthusiastic
and decided
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to help found a temple
in the San Francisco area,
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because they were involved
with Ken Kesey
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and the movement
that he espoused.
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00:40:24,936 --> 00:40:28,682
[honky tonk music playing]
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[Shyamasundar]
-San Francisco in those days
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was the epicenter
of the cultural breakthrough
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that we call
the hippie movement now.
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And in this small neighborhood,
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suddenly there were
over 100,000 young people.
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[honky tonk music playing]
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[Malati]
-One of the wonderful
aspects of the hippies
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was they were searching,
they were seekers.
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00:40:52,541 --> 00:40:53,998
They actually wanted
something better
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00:40:53,998 --> 00:40:57,079
than what was being
presented to them.
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[rock music playing]
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[Shyamasundar]
-The Avalon Ballroom was a--
480
00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:03,824
an old-time dance venue.
481
00:41:03,824 --> 00:41:04,739
And every weekend,
482
00:41:04,739 --> 00:41:07,904
they would hold
rock and roll dances there.
483
00:41:07,904 --> 00:41:09,902
[rock music playing]
484
00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:11,693
[crowd cheering]
485
00:41:11,693 --> 00:41:14,150
[Gurudas]
-The rock dances
were phenomenal.
486
00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:18,979
They were inexpensive,
great performers,
487
00:41:18,979 --> 00:41:21,726
and we all knew each other.
488
00:41:27,557 --> 00:41:29,429
-We had no money
to find a place,
489
00:41:29,429 --> 00:41:31,761
an establishment
for the swami.
490
00:41:31,761 --> 00:41:34,301
If the Grateful Dead
would agree to do
491
00:41:34,301 --> 00:41:35,758
a charity concert with us,
492
00:41:35,758 --> 00:41:37,630
then we could
raise some money.
493
00:41:37,630 --> 00:41:42,087
-We were able to actually get
these great bands together
494
00:41:42,087 --> 00:41:43,752
to donate for free.
495
00:41:43,752 --> 00:41:45,625
[Shyamasundar]
-So we sent tickets
496
00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:48,748
to the swami
to come from New York.
497
00:41:50,580 --> 00:41:55,784
The swami comes down,
Ralph the dog is running around.
498
00:41:56,576 --> 00:41:59,116
Immediately
we see this person.
499
00:41:59,116 --> 00:42:02,530
He is so different
than anybody we've ever seen.
500
00:42:02,530 --> 00:42:04,278
He wasn't an old man to us.
501
00:42:04,278 --> 00:42:08,275
He seemed so fresh
and young and youthful.
502
00:42:09,233 --> 00:42:10,605
[Mukunda]
-It became a very big event.
503
00:42:10,605 --> 00:42:12,356
It was called
the Mantra Rock Dance,
504
00:42:12,356 --> 00:42:13,438
and Timothy Leary came.
505
00:42:13,438 --> 00:42:16,852
[Shyamasundar]
-And with Allen Ginsberg there
to introduce him,
506
00:42:16,852 --> 00:42:18,809
it was the perfect setup.
507
00:42:18,809 --> 00:42:20,973
[Gurudas]
-We were afraid
the Hell's Angels
508
00:42:20,973 --> 00:42:22,931
were gonna trash us,
509
00:42:22,931 --> 00:42:25,387
so we made them
our security.
510
00:42:25,387 --> 00:42:29,634
[Robert Plant's
"Skip's Song" playing]
511
00:42:29,634 --> 00:42:31,217
-♪ Take me far away ♪
512
00:42:31,217 --> 00:42:38,377
♪ My wiles and mind can't beat
a dream of death today ♪
513
00:42:39,583 --> 00:42:41,582
-♪ Crying, "Save me" ♪
514
00:42:41,582 --> 00:42:43,873
-♪ Save me ♪
-♪ Save me... ♪
515
00:42:43,873 --> 00:42:46,330
-The main thing of the evening
was Prabhupada speaking.
516
00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:48,577
And he spoke before this--
this huge gathering.
517
00:42:48,577 --> 00:42:49,993
And even though
it was a Sunday night,
518
00:42:49,993 --> 00:42:52,866
the place was--
was packed with people.
519
00:43:10,228 --> 00:43:12,559
[Shyamasundar]
-And then all the bands
came onstage
520
00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:15,932
and started
a spontaneous kirtan.
521
00:43:15,932 --> 00:43:19,096
It was like electricity
through this hall.
522
00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:21,304
Everyone felt it.
523
00:43:21,304 --> 00:43:24,550
I could see that
he really liked it.
524
00:43:24,550 --> 00:43:26,258
He loved it.
525
00:43:26,258 --> 00:43:27,798
He was into it.
526
00:43:28,381 --> 00:43:33,003
He saw that small speck of
seeking in everyone in that room
527
00:43:33,003 --> 00:43:35,667
and made it very big.
528
00:43:36,540 --> 00:43:39,248
Ahh, my-- my estimation
of the Swami
529
00:43:39,248 --> 00:43:41,080
increased a million-fold.
530
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:45,493
[chanting "Hare Krishna"]
531
00:43:53,527 --> 00:43:57,984
[Edwin Bryant]
-He embodied spirituality
532
00:43:57,984 --> 00:43:59,523
and his disciples wanted it.
533
00:43:59,523 --> 00:44:01,356
They said,
"We want some of that.
534
00:44:01,356 --> 00:44:04,854
Whatever it is he's having,
we want-- I want that."
535
00:44:05,518 --> 00:44:07,851
So, this is the guru.
536
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:13,680
[Dayananda]
-So many hippies were really
in love with Prabhupada
537
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:17,469
and in love with the devotees
and considered the Hare Krishna
538
00:44:17,469 --> 00:44:21,507
to be the hippie religion
at this point.
539
00:44:22,505 --> 00:44:24,504
[reporter]
-If everyone
in the United States
540
00:44:24,504 --> 00:44:29,168
believed in Krishna to the--
and to the extent that you do,
541
00:44:29,168 --> 00:44:30,625
what would happen
to this country?
542
00:44:30,625 --> 00:44:33,707
What would, how would it
be transformed?
543
00:44:41,701 --> 00:44:43,699
[laughter]
544
00:44:45,156 --> 00:44:48,154
-What-- what would you
describe as a hippie?
545
00:44:48,154 --> 00:44:50,111
Someone who smokes...
546
00:44:50,902 --> 00:44:52,900
[laughter]
547
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,476
[Shyamasundar]
-And he sat with us every day,
morning and evening,
548
00:45:01,476 --> 00:45:05,225
telling us about Krishna
and the philosophy.
549
00:45:59,267 --> 00:46:02,722
[atmospheric music playing]
550
00:46:03,429 --> 00:46:06,387
[Govinda]
-We had a wonderful life there.
551
00:46:06,387 --> 00:46:07,844
It was just wonderful.
552
00:46:07,844 --> 00:46:09,800
It couldn't be any better.
553
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,423
It was as good as it could get.
554
00:46:11,423 --> 00:46:14,048
I mean, it was like a family.
555
00:46:17,586 --> 00:46:20,959
[gentle piano music playing]
556
00:46:24,497 --> 00:46:29,702
Then one day,
he was trembling all over.
557
00:46:30,993 --> 00:46:35,198
Swamiji had a heart attack.
558
00:46:35,739 --> 00:46:42,692
He was, from all appearances,
leaving this world.
559
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,021
And so the devotees
were fervently praying,
560
00:46:50,021 --> 00:46:52,019
all night in San Francisco,
561
00:46:52,019 --> 00:46:53,726
all night in New York.
562
00:46:53,726 --> 00:46:56,099
We were praying to Krishna,
563
00:46:56,099 --> 00:46:59,180
"Please, don't take him away."
564
00:47:02,261 --> 00:47:06,381
"He's just come here.
Please, we need more time."
565
00:47:07,008 --> 00:47:11,005
[Mukunda]
-We never had the feeling
that he was ailing and old,
566
00:47:11,005 --> 00:47:12,836
but that he was the leader
of the movement,
567
00:47:12,836 --> 00:47:14,918
and we just--
just depended on him.
568
00:47:14,918 --> 00:47:18,999
We couldn't imagine what life
would be like without him.
569
00:47:39,149 --> 00:47:42,647
[Damodar]
-We were really distraught
because we felt
570
00:47:42,647 --> 00:47:46,270
if he goes to India,
he's going to stay there.
571
00:47:46,978 --> 00:47:49,517
And we didn't know what to do.
572
00:47:49,517 --> 00:47:51,890
[Rukmini]
-So Srila Prabhupada told us,
573
00:47:51,890 --> 00:47:54,805
"Just go on chanting
Hare Krishna.
574
00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:56,553
"We will be
all packed up together.
575
00:47:56,553 --> 00:48:00,925
"You will be chanting here,
and I will be chanting there,
576
00:48:00,925 --> 00:48:05,629
and this vibration will
circulate around the planet."
577
00:48:08,087 --> 00:48:10,293
[Krishna Abhishek]
-And he turns to the picture
578
00:48:10,293 --> 00:48:11,332
of Bhaktisiddhanta and says,
579
00:48:11,332 --> 00:48:15,329
"Here are a bunch of people,
they are not completely trained
580
00:48:15,329 --> 00:48:18,162
"in our theology and practices,
581
00:48:18,162 --> 00:48:21,450
"but they are very sincere
and they are very enthusiastic.
582
00:48:21,450 --> 00:48:23,699
"This is your movement.
They are your people.
583
00:48:23,699 --> 00:48:25,823
Please take care of them."
584
00:48:28,445 --> 00:48:33,193
[atmospheric music playing]
585
00:48:39,479 --> 00:48:42,102
[Abhirama]
-We were lost.
586
00:48:45,682 --> 00:48:50,637
We just couldn't accept the idea
that he might never come back.
587
00:48:54,300 --> 00:48:57,297
[atmospheric music playing]
588
00:49:00,296 --> 00:49:03,170
For five months we grieved.
589
00:49:06,833 --> 00:49:09,873
[haunting vocal music playing]
590
00:49:15,659 --> 00:49:20,115
[Govinda]
-Then we received word
that Prabhupada was better.
591
00:49:20,115 --> 00:49:23,278
[enthusiastic chanting]
592
00:49:32,855 --> 00:49:34,896
We got him back!
593
00:49:35,895 --> 00:49:37,769
Now we had to step it up.
594
00:49:37,769 --> 00:49:40,807
We had to learn
as much from him as we could.
595
00:49:40,807 --> 00:49:44,262
[haunting vocal music playing]
596
00:49:58,251 --> 00:50:01,168
[Yogesvara]
-From the outset,
our intention had been
597
00:50:01,168 --> 00:50:03,373
let's do something
really big for Prabhupada.
598
00:50:03,373 --> 00:50:07,495
And there wasn't much bigger
in 1968 than The Beatles.
599
00:50:07,495 --> 00:50:09,744
-♪ She loves you,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
600
00:50:09,744 --> 00:50:14,323
♪ With a love like that,
you know you should be glad ♪
601
00:50:14,323 --> 00:50:16,115
[fans screaming]
602
00:50:16,115 --> 00:50:17,405
♪ With a love like that... ♪
603
00:50:17,405 --> 00:50:19,112
[Shyamasundar]
-We got news that the Beatles
604
00:50:19,112 --> 00:50:24,231
had been in Rishikesh, in India,
studying with a guru there.
605
00:50:24,231 --> 00:50:27,939
And then "Life" magazine
came out with this huge spread.
606
00:50:27,939 --> 00:50:31,561
And their new records came out
with all these songs about
607
00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:34,600
Eastern philosophy
that we had loved so much.
608
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,141
So I came up with this idea.
609
00:50:36,141 --> 00:50:39,346
Go to London and start
a center for Prabhupada
610
00:50:39,346 --> 00:50:41,303
and meet these Beatles.
611
00:50:41,303 --> 00:50:43,010
[rock music playing]
612
00:50:43,010 --> 00:50:46,757
The first thing that we realized
when we got to England is that
613
00:50:46,757 --> 00:50:47,841
in order to stand out,
614
00:50:47,841 --> 00:50:51,295
for people to recognize us
in this huge metropolis,
615
00:50:51,295 --> 00:50:53,752
we're gonna have
to shave our heads.
616
00:50:53,752 --> 00:50:55,710
Up to that time,
the thought of shaving
617
00:50:55,710 --> 00:50:59,456
my curly hair
was atrocious to me.
618
00:50:59,456 --> 00:51:00,914
I didn't want to do it.
619
00:51:00,914 --> 00:51:05,326
Nor did we want to wrap
these bed sheets around us.
620
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,741
Yellow was the color,
our first color.
621
00:51:08,741 --> 00:51:10,447
[chuckling]
We just thought yellow
622
00:51:10,447 --> 00:51:12,697
would really stand out
in London.
623
00:51:12,697 --> 00:51:16,402
[Indian vocal music playing]
624
00:51:17,275 --> 00:51:21,314
We named ourselves
Radha Krishna Temple,
625
00:51:21,314 --> 00:51:22,313
the rock group.
626
00:51:22,313 --> 00:51:25,145
[Indian vocal music playing]
627
00:51:25,937 --> 00:51:29,517
We began getting engagements
at rock concerts.
628
00:51:29,517 --> 00:51:30,683
-♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
629
00:51:30,683 --> 00:51:35,637
♪ Hare Hare...
Hare Rama... ♪
630
00:51:35,637 --> 00:51:37,176
[Shyamasundar]
-We used to, almost daily,
631
00:51:37,176 --> 00:51:40,467
go down to the Apple offices
and give the staff
632
00:51:40,467 --> 00:51:44,171
and everyone there
the food or books.
633
00:51:44,171 --> 00:51:48,045
Unbeknownst to us,
George Harrison had got a hold
634
00:51:48,045 --> 00:51:53,164
of the Swami's record called
"Krishna Consciousness."
635
00:51:53,164 --> 00:51:54,164
And he told me later
636
00:51:54,164 --> 00:51:57,496
that he was listening to it
almost every day.
637
00:51:57,496 --> 00:52:00,078
[George Harrison]
-Through the Beatle experience,
638
00:52:00,078 --> 00:52:01,158
I'd experienced so many things,
639
00:52:01,158 --> 00:52:04,156
and met so many people,
but I realized
640
00:52:04,156 --> 00:52:05,657
that there was nothing actually
641
00:52:05,657 --> 00:52:08,153
that was giving me
a buzz anymore.
642
00:52:08,153 --> 00:52:09,236
I wanted something better.
643
00:52:09,236 --> 00:52:12,150
I remember thinking,
"I'd love to meet somebody
644
00:52:12,150 --> 00:52:15,067
who will really impress me."
645
00:52:15,067 --> 00:52:18,938
[Shyamasundar]
-He had memorized the swami's
introduction to the album.
646
00:52:18,938 --> 00:52:21,727
He knew it word for word.
647
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:57,533
[Shyamasundar]
-One day I wound up in
the Apple Records' offices,
648
00:52:57,533 --> 00:53:00,615
and George Harrison
was there.
649
00:53:00,615 --> 00:53:03,195
He saw me sitting in a group
of people, in the very back.
650
00:53:03,195 --> 00:53:06,901
He opened the door,
walked through all these people,
651
00:53:06,901 --> 00:53:09,941
and came over to me and said,
"Where have you been?
652
00:53:09,941 --> 00:53:12,564
I've been waiting to meet you."
653
00:53:12,564 --> 00:53:15,520
George came down to see us
where we were living
654
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,684
in our warehouse
in Covent Garden.
655
00:53:18,684 --> 00:53:22,348
-He so much appreciated
the Hare Krishna mantra,
656
00:53:22,348 --> 00:53:25,971
that he immediately said,
"Let's make a 45 record."
657
00:53:25,971 --> 00:53:28,760
-So we all went over
to Abbey Road studios,
658
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:31,675
made that record,
"Hare Krishna Mantra."
659
00:53:31,675 --> 00:53:35,796
None of us had ever done
anything like this before.
660
00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:39,668
Paul McCartney was there,
and he volunteered to mix it
661
00:53:39,668 --> 00:53:41,792
in the-- from
the control booth,
662
00:53:41,792 --> 00:53:44,123
and George played with us.
663
00:53:44,123 --> 00:53:46,454
He had a little
sit-down harmonium
664
00:53:46,454 --> 00:53:50,076
with psychedelic flowers
all over it.
665
00:53:50,618 --> 00:53:53,073
And then all the Apple staff
who was there
666
00:53:53,073 --> 00:53:54,782
joined in the chorus.
667
00:53:54,782 --> 00:53:56,114
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
668
00:53:56,114 --> 00:53:58,445
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
669
00:53:58,445 --> 00:54:00,068
♪ Krishna Krishna... ♪
670
00:54:00,068 --> 00:54:03,858
[Shyamasundar]
-It sold 70,000 copies
the first day.
671
00:54:04,732 --> 00:54:07,273
[Yamuna]
-Apple organized tours for us.
672
00:54:07,273 --> 00:54:09,312
We went to Germany and France,
673
00:54:09,312 --> 00:54:11,435
and had television coverage.
674
00:54:11,435 --> 00:54:13,976
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
675
00:54:13,976 --> 00:54:15,599
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
676
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:17,931
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
677
00:54:17,931 --> 00:54:19,054
♪ Hare Hare... ♪
678
00:54:19,054 --> 00:54:22,386
-The "Sunday Times" wanted
to do a feature on us,
679
00:54:22,386 --> 00:54:24,551
and we were able
to send the report
680
00:54:24,551 --> 00:54:28,047
back to Srila Prabhupada
with the headlines,
681
00:54:28,047 --> 00:54:31,046
"Krishna Consciousness
Startles London."
682
00:54:31,046 --> 00:54:32,379
-♪ Hare Rama ♪
683
00:54:32,379 --> 00:54:35,834
♪ Rama Rama, Hare Hare ♪
684
00:54:35,834 --> 00:54:38,039
[bell tolls]
685
00:54:38,039 --> 00:54:40,039
[George Harrison]
-I became quite friendly
at one point
686
00:54:40,039 --> 00:54:44,577
with Swami Bhaktivedanta,
who formed the Krishna Temple.
687
00:54:44,577 --> 00:54:47,822
They'd call me up and say,
"Come to the temple, um,
688
00:54:47,822 --> 00:54:50,150
the Swami's here
and he'd love to see you."
689
00:54:50,150 --> 00:54:51,565
And I'd be like,
going through
690
00:54:51,565 --> 00:54:53,895
some private nightmare
or something.
691
00:54:53,895 --> 00:54:57,012
And I'd think, "How can I go to
the temple when I'm like this?"
692
00:54:57,012 --> 00:55:00,965
But then I'd go, and I'd always
walk out of there thinking,
693
00:55:00,965 --> 00:55:02,129
"Oh, thank you, Lord."
694
00:55:02,129 --> 00:55:05,373
[atmospheric music playing]
695
00:55:09,989 --> 00:55:12,984
[Gurudas]
-And he said to me
at a certain time,
696
00:55:12,984 --> 00:55:15,979
"I want to do songs
for Krishna."
697
00:55:18,310 --> 00:55:22,966
We were back stage in Apple
and he says, "Here's this song."
698
00:55:22,966 --> 00:55:24,963
And he plays "My Sweet Lord."
699
00:55:24,963 --> 00:55:27,501
[playing "My Sweet Lord"]
700
00:55:27,501 --> 00:55:30,164
[crowd cheering]
701
00:55:32,949 --> 00:55:34,945
-Hare Krishna.
702
00:55:37,941 --> 00:55:40,437
[George Harrison]
The music really was the key
703
00:55:40,437 --> 00:55:43,348
that opened the door
into the yoga
704
00:55:43,348 --> 00:55:45,886
and the Vedic scriptures,
705
00:55:45,886 --> 00:55:50,128
which is really
the foundation of everything.
706
00:55:50,128 --> 00:55:53,912
You know, it gave
some sort of...
707
00:55:53,912 --> 00:55:56,450
backbone to my life.
708
00:55:56,450 --> 00:55:58,280
♪ Guru Vishnu ♪
709
00:55:58,280 --> 00:55:59,985
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
710
00:55:59,985 --> 00:56:01,897
-♪ Gurudeva ♪
711
00:56:01,897 --> 00:56:03,894
-♪ Krishna Krishna... ♪
712
00:56:03,894 --> 00:56:06,100
[George Harrison]
-Krishna said there's no time
713
00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:07,887
when we didn't exist,
714
00:56:07,887 --> 00:56:10,965
and there'll be no time
when we cease to exist.
715
00:56:10,965 --> 00:56:14,710
The only thing
that changes is the body.
716
00:56:14,710 --> 00:56:15,874
♪ Tasmayi Shree ♪
717
00:56:15,874 --> 00:56:18,910
-♪ Hare Rama ♪
-♪ Guruve... ♪
718
00:56:18,910 --> 00:56:25,316
-When George introduced this,
it went worldwide.
719
00:56:25,316 --> 00:56:28,311
[upbeat music playing]
720
00:56:40,372 --> 00:56:43,326
-Life was an adventure.
He'd call me in and say,
721
00:56:43,326 --> 00:56:48,233
"We got invitations
to Paris, Bombay, Sydney,
722
00:56:48,233 --> 00:56:51,270
"and one just arrived
from Nairobi.
723
00:56:51,270 --> 00:56:53,100
Where do you think
we should go?"
724
00:56:53,100 --> 00:56:55,928
By then I knew to say
the wildest place.
725
00:56:55,928 --> 00:56:58,049
"I think we should go
to Nairobi."
726
00:56:58,049 --> 00:57:00,129
"I was thinking
the same thing."
727
00:57:00,129 --> 00:57:01,294
[chuckling]
728
00:57:01,294 --> 00:57:05,453
He always wanted to go where
there was the least development,
729
00:57:05,453 --> 00:57:08,282
where he could
contribute the most.
730
00:57:08,282 --> 00:57:12,565
[upbeat music playing]
731
00:57:16,017 --> 00:57:18,264
[playing harmonium]
732
00:57:18,264 --> 00:57:20,758
[chanting]
733
00:57:24,751 --> 00:57:29,494
[Abhirama]
-The energy that he displayed
was... unimaginable.
734
00:57:29,494 --> 00:57:30,700
I was in my early 20s,
735
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:33,320
and I could not
keep up with him.
736
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:34,859
[Amarendra]
-And then around the late '60s
737
00:57:34,859 --> 00:57:38,726
to the early '70s,
ISKCON just exploded.
738
00:57:38,726 --> 00:57:41,721
People were joining
left and right.
739
00:57:41,721 --> 00:57:46,672
[Shyamasundar]
-He managed to manage everything
through his letters.
740
00:57:47,710 --> 00:57:50,582
[Ramesvara]
-Prabhupada would be
receiving mail
741
00:57:50,582 --> 00:57:52,701
from hundreds of students,
742
00:57:52,701 --> 00:57:56,487
and he would personally write
to every one of them.
743
00:57:56,487 --> 00:57:58,691
Prabhupada never got a letter
that he didn't answer.
744
00:57:58,691 --> 00:58:01,062
[Mukunda]
-Receiving letters
from Srila Prabhupada
745
00:58:01,062 --> 00:58:03,849
is what probably kept us going,
and whenever a letter came
746
00:58:03,849 --> 00:58:05,678
from Prabhupada,
it was usually read out loud.
747
00:58:05,678 --> 00:58:07,094
[Shyamasundar]
-And some of those letters
748
00:58:07,094 --> 00:58:08,841
are like two or three
pages long
749
00:58:08,841 --> 00:58:12,043
where he answers every aspect.
750
00:58:12,043 --> 00:58:13,125
He'll say do this,
751
00:58:13,125 --> 00:58:14,662
then you do that,
then you do this,
752
00:58:14,662 --> 00:58:17,326
and by the way,
for Melanie's cough,
753
00:58:17,326 --> 00:58:20,571
you should give her
this kind of syrup,
754
00:58:20,571 --> 00:58:23,065
and you know, every detail.
755
00:58:23,646 --> 00:58:27,183
Many times I would be whispering
to someone in the hallway,
756
00:58:27,183 --> 00:58:28,847
"No, you can't
see him right now."
757
00:58:28,847 --> 00:58:32,508
I would hear,
"Let them come in!"
758
00:58:45,235 --> 00:58:47,314
He would see whoever came.
759
00:58:47,314 --> 00:58:51,516
Prabhupada had time
for everyone.
760
00:58:51,516 --> 00:58:53,761
[birds chirping]
761
00:59:05,615 --> 00:59:09,775
[Ramesvara]
-The only thing is that we
will have to delay the loan
762
00:59:09,775 --> 00:59:11,812
because, for the next
three months,
763
00:59:11,812 --> 00:59:15,680
all our money will be used
to print these 17 books.
764
00:59:26,535 --> 00:59:29,655
As the head
of the American BBT,
765
00:59:29,655 --> 00:59:32,193
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust,
I was the person
766
00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:34,980
that Prabhupada would say,
"Okay, now send money here.
767
00:59:34,980 --> 00:59:36,311
Now send money there."
768
00:59:36,311 --> 00:59:37,476
So I was watching Prabhupada
769
00:59:37,476 --> 00:59:41,508
build this Hare Krishna Movement
through his book sales.
770
00:59:59,062 --> 01:00:03,804
[Shyamasundar]
-He would translate usually
after everyone else was asleep.
771
01:00:03,804 --> 01:00:07,713
Oh, say from 11:00 till
3:00, 4:00 in the morning.
772
01:00:07,713 --> 01:00:12,579
-You can imagine at his age,
translating so many books,
773
01:00:12,579 --> 01:00:14,867
the Gita,
the Srimad Bhagavatam,
774
01:00:14,867 --> 01:00:18,444
which is, like, a huge work,
translating 18,000 verses.
775
01:00:18,444 --> 01:00:21,439
Writing a commentary
for each one of them.
776
01:00:21,439 --> 01:00:25,308
The intensity and the urgency
and the compassion
777
01:00:25,308 --> 01:00:28,676
that comes through
every single line.
778
01:00:28,676 --> 01:00:32,418
His words carry
so much power.
779
01:00:32,418 --> 01:00:34,250
It's a full expression
780
01:00:34,250 --> 01:00:36,870
of his heart
that comes through.
781
01:00:37,577 --> 01:00:39,406
[Shaunaka]
-He really transformed
people's lives
782
01:00:39,406 --> 01:00:43,399
with his very straightforward
translations and commentaries
783
01:00:43,399 --> 01:00:46,271
and purports, very scholarly
presentation, in fact.
784
01:00:46,271 --> 01:00:49,472
And he wanted the intellectual
class of men to,
785
01:00:49,472 --> 01:00:50,470
as, you know, his words,
786
01:00:50,470 --> 01:00:53,507
to examine and explore
these texts.
787
01:00:53,507 --> 01:00:57,916
And he had all kinds of people
examine and explore them.
788
01:01:05,735 --> 01:01:07,649
[Vaisesika]
-Prabhupada advocated
789
01:01:07,649 --> 01:01:10,351
living in harmony with nature
790
01:01:10,351 --> 01:01:13,056
and having
self-sustaining farms,
791
01:01:13,056 --> 01:01:18,047
and to also take advantage
of all of the gifts
792
01:01:18,047 --> 01:01:19,004
that God has given us,
793
01:01:19,004 --> 01:01:22,330
and not try to artificially
change them,
794
01:01:22,330 --> 01:01:26,323
but take them as they come,
as a gift from nature.
795
01:01:51,654 --> 01:01:54,273
[Vaisesika]
-He set up simple living
796
01:01:54,273 --> 01:01:55,814
and high thinking as a standard
797
01:01:55,814 --> 01:01:59,264
and showed that if you simply
had an acre of land
798
01:01:59,264 --> 01:02:03,093
and took care of it nicely,
and you protected the animal,
799
01:02:03,093 --> 01:02:04,465
like the cow especially,
800
01:02:04,465 --> 01:02:07,251
that you could be
self-sustaining
801
01:02:07,251 --> 01:02:10,164
and that everything good
could come from that.
802
01:02:10,164 --> 01:02:13,240
[folk rock guitar]
803
01:02:22,558 --> 01:02:24,596
-♪ From Bombay to Bangalore ♪
804
01:02:24,596 --> 01:02:26,926
♪ All the Hindus
know the score ♪
805
01:02:26,926 --> 01:02:29,089
♪ If you wanna live some more ♪
806
01:02:29,089 --> 01:02:31,043
♪ Hare hare hare... ♪
807
01:02:31,043 --> 01:02:33,204
[Edwin Bryant]
-Hare Krishna
was a dynamic tradition
808
01:02:33,204 --> 01:02:36,950
that just seemed to be
growing so fast.
809
01:02:37,698 --> 01:02:42,356
-The Bhagavad Gita and many
other scriptures were translated
810
01:02:42,356 --> 01:02:44,311
into European languages,
811
01:02:44,311 --> 01:02:48,262
into the languages
of Africa and Asia.
812
01:02:48,887 --> 01:02:51,923
-Everywhere people went,
there were Hare Krishnas.
813
01:02:51,923 --> 01:02:53,379
Comedians would
always tell jokes
814
01:02:53,379 --> 01:02:55,458
about the Hare Krishnas
in the airports.
815
01:02:55,458 --> 01:02:56,997
-Dinner in first class tonight
816
01:02:56,997 --> 01:02:58,495
will be bean sprouts
and broccoli.
817
01:02:58,495 --> 01:03:00,158
-Fine.
-And will that be
818
01:03:00,158 --> 01:03:01,489
chanting or non-chanting?
819
01:03:01,489 --> 01:03:03,151
-Chanting please.
820
01:03:03,151 --> 01:03:05,357
[Graham Schweig]
-Krishna became
a household word
821
01:03:05,357 --> 01:03:08,185
and became part
of the cultural scene.
822
01:03:08,185 --> 01:03:10,441
-You! You with the banjo!
823
01:03:10,441 --> 01:03:11,862
Ah, can you help me?
824
01:03:11,862 --> 01:03:14,157
I have lost
my sense of direction.
825
01:03:14,157 --> 01:03:16,163
-Have you tried Hare Krishna?
826
01:03:16,163 --> 01:03:17,501
-Ha ha. No.
827
01:03:17,501 --> 01:03:18,879
-Let me ask you,
in reincarnation.
828
01:03:18,879 --> 01:03:21,259
does that mean my soul would
pass to another human being,
829
01:03:21,259 --> 01:03:24,894
or would I come back as a moose
or an aardvark or something?
830
01:03:24,894 --> 01:03:26,481
-Take our literature.
-Uh-huh.
831
01:03:26,481 --> 01:03:29,072
-Read it over
and think about it.
832
01:03:29,072 --> 01:03:30,324
-♪ Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna ♪
833
01:03:30,324 --> 01:03:31,744
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
834
01:03:31,744 --> 01:03:33,959
♪ Krishna Krishna Hare ♪
835
01:03:33,959 --> 01:03:36,172
♪ Hare Ram, Hare Ram ♪
836
01:03:36,172 --> 01:03:38,386
♪ Rama Rama, Hare Hare ♪
837
01:03:38,386 --> 01:03:40,223
♪ Krishna... ♪
838
01:03:40,223 --> 01:03:43,230
-I left the supermarket
in a really bad mood,
839
01:03:43,230 --> 01:03:45,487
and then I met
these very nice people,
840
01:03:45,487 --> 01:03:47,200
the "Hairy Krishnas."
841
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:48,243
[audience laughing]
842
01:03:48,243 --> 01:03:51,002
They sang me a song,
they gave me some rice,
843
01:03:51,002 --> 01:03:53,255
it was just the little
pickup I needed.
844
01:03:53,255 --> 01:03:55,095
You know, if I hadn't
had to make dinner,
845
01:03:55,095 --> 01:03:57,184
I might've gotten
into their van!
846
01:03:57,184 --> 01:03:59,857
[laughing]
847
01:04:02,488 --> 01:04:05,204
[upbeat news theme]
848
01:04:09,172 --> 01:04:12,304
-I understand, but do you feel
that in the Bible,
849
01:04:12,304 --> 01:04:13,432
the Quran, and so forth,
850
01:04:13,432 --> 01:04:14,894
don't you run
into conflicts at all,
851
01:04:14,894 --> 01:04:18,318
or contradictions in those
particular philosophies?
852
01:04:38,368 --> 01:04:41,375
-When something was incorrect,
853
01:04:41,375 --> 01:04:44,175
if something was misleading
to Prabhupada,
854
01:04:44,175 --> 01:04:48,019
he would boldly
speak out about it.
855
01:05:03,641 --> 01:05:06,438
He was fearless,
and he was bold.
856
01:05:07,108 --> 01:05:08,486
[Shyamasundar]
-For years he kept saying,
857
01:05:08,486 --> 01:05:11,202
"I want to go
to communist countries."
858
01:05:11,202 --> 01:05:13,666
Everyone said,
"No, that's not possible.
859
01:05:13,666 --> 01:05:15,922
You just can't go there."
860
01:05:15,922 --> 01:05:18,428
[ominous music playing]
861
01:05:19,097 --> 01:05:23,400
We had just passed through
the missile crisis in Cuba.
862
01:05:25,070 --> 01:05:29,373
To give a visa to Americans
to travel to Russia in 1971
863
01:05:29,373 --> 01:05:30,417
was just unheard of.
864
01:05:30,417 --> 01:05:32,087
I don't know how it happened.
865
01:05:32,087 --> 01:05:34,385
[chuckling]
866
01:05:58,569 --> 01:06:01,411
As we would pass churches,
he would see that
867
01:06:01,411 --> 01:06:03,581
there were armed guards
in front of the churches.
868
01:06:03,581 --> 01:06:05,170
Nobody was going in and out.
869
01:06:05,170 --> 01:06:09,596
Prabhupada said after that
the ordinary citizens of Russia
870
01:06:09,596 --> 01:06:10,599
are spiritual,
871
01:06:10,599 --> 01:06:11,937
but because
of their leaders,
872
01:06:11,937 --> 01:06:15,278
they have no access
to God anymore.
873
01:06:17,493 --> 01:06:19,790
I went to a bank
to change some money.
874
01:06:19,790 --> 01:06:21,001
Outside the bank,
875
01:06:21,001 --> 01:06:23,631
there were two boys,
and they came up to me.
876
01:06:23,631 --> 01:06:25,636
"Do you have
any Beatles records?"
877
01:06:25,636 --> 01:06:29,188
I said, "Ah, no, but...
The Beatles met my guru,
878
01:06:29,188 --> 01:06:31,652
and he's back
in my hotel room."
879
01:06:31,652 --> 01:06:34,033
"Whoa!"
[chuckling]
880
01:06:35,538 --> 01:06:38,879
And they came back with me
to meet Prabhupada.
881
01:06:41,218 --> 01:06:43,600
But this Russian boy
just drank in
882
01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:46,315
every word that
Prabhupada said, you know?
883
01:06:46,315 --> 01:06:49,238
He asked the most cogent
questions right away.
884
01:06:49,238 --> 01:06:51,912
You know, "Who is God?
What-- Who am I?
885
01:06:51,912 --> 01:06:55,337
What am I here for?
What is real activity?"
886
01:06:55,337 --> 01:06:58,093
And Prabhupada explained
all of that to him
887
01:06:58,093 --> 01:06:59,973
in such concise detail.
888
01:06:59,973 --> 01:07:03,273
He convinced him, completely,
beyond any doubt,
889
01:07:03,273 --> 01:07:04,818
that he should
take on this mission
890
01:07:04,818 --> 01:07:08,621
and take the greatest risk
you can take.
891
01:07:09,665 --> 01:07:12,797
[Niranjana Swami]
-Religious books were
completely forbidden.
892
01:07:12,797 --> 01:07:15,762
And in fact, if anybody
was even caught
893
01:07:15,762 --> 01:07:17,824
producing a religious book...
he could be executed.
894
01:07:17,824 --> 01:07:21,915
-I gave him my Bhagavad Gita,
and from that text,
895
01:07:21,915 --> 01:07:24,836
he was able to copy it,
and translate it,
896
01:07:24,836 --> 01:07:27,050
and spread it
throughout all of Russia
897
01:07:27,050 --> 01:07:29,846
during Communist times.
898
01:07:29,846 --> 01:07:32,310
[Niranjana]
-Some of the books were...
899
01:07:32,310 --> 01:07:33,480
smuggled into the country.
900
01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:35,857
They would make
photocopies of them.
901
01:07:35,857 --> 01:07:39,073
I went to one flat
and saw how the--
902
01:07:39,073 --> 01:07:40,868
all the devotees
were sitting
903
01:07:40,868 --> 01:07:43,415
with photographed copies
of each page,
904
01:07:43,415 --> 01:07:45,085
and they were
stitching the books,
905
01:07:45,085 --> 01:07:48,717
putting them together,
and going out.
906
01:07:48,717 --> 01:07:50,970
[Shyamasundar]
-And from that one little seed,
907
01:07:50,970 --> 01:07:53,892
thousands of Krishna
devotees came up.
908
01:07:53,892 --> 01:07:57,441
[gentle Indian music playing]
909
01:08:01,699 --> 01:08:04,956
We all got a letter
in late September
910
01:08:04,956 --> 01:08:05,916
with a list of 20 names.
911
01:08:05,916 --> 01:08:08,920
"I want these people to come
and join me in India."
912
01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:10,924
I just looked on the list,
my name was on it.
913
01:08:10,924 --> 01:08:14,932
And I was over the moon.
India at last!
914
01:08:14,932 --> 01:08:17,146
[Edwin Bryant]
-And he brought back
Westerners wearing saffron,
915
01:08:17,146 --> 01:08:21,822
shaved heads, sikhas,
sacred clay, and women in saris.
916
01:08:21,822 --> 01:08:24,743
I mean, this was
an incredible sight.
917
01:08:24,743 --> 01:08:27,583
[haunting vocal music playing]
918
01:08:27,583 --> 01:08:31,088
[Shyamasundar]
-Americans, Europeans,
boys and girls.
919
01:08:31,088 --> 01:08:33,761
And it just
took India by storm.
920
01:08:33,761 --> 01:08:36,516
India had ever seen
anything like this,
921
01:08:36,516 --> 01:08:38,937
these sadhus from the West!
922
01:08:39,979 --> 01:08:43,529
-People would come up and they'd
go like this to our skin
923
01:08:43,529 --> 01:08:46,284
and look at it like
maybe it was gonna...
924
01:08:46,284 --> 01:08:49,541
this whiteness was going
to come off, you know?
925
01:08:52,002 --> 01:08:55,302
[Surat]
-The whole town
was just suffused
926
01:08:55,302 --> 01:08:58,683
with Krishna consciousness.
927
01:08:58,683 --> 01:09:03,652
The entire town
was on fire with devotion.
928
01:09:06,029 --> 01:09:10,080
[Radhanath Swami]
-Prabhupada brought
his followers back to India
929
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:13,042
because he wanted
to revive
930
01:09:13,042 --> 01:09:17,050
and tell the people of India
that the greatest treasure
931
01:09:17,050 --> 01:09:19,933
is the heritage
of your own country.
932
01:09:19,933 --> 01:09:24,063
But you've forgotten it,
you've neglected it.
933
01:09:24,692 --> 01:09:26,486
"I've brought these people back
934
01:09:26,486 --> 01:09:30,159
to remind you
of what you have forgotten."
935
01:09:49,697 --> 01:09:53,038
[Shyamasundar]
-And then we started
putting on major festivals.
936
01:09:53,038 --> 01:09:55,583
We got the grounds
in the heart of Bombay
937
01:09:55,583 --> 01:09:58,798
and built a huge,
elaborate tent.
938
01:09:59,130 --> 01:10:02,136
Several million people,
over that ten days,
939
01:10:02,136 --> 01:10:05,061
got to sit and listen
to Swamiji speak.
940
01:10:05,061 --> 01:10:07,606
[atmospheric music playing]
941
01:10:10,821 --> 01:10:11,822
[chanting]
942
01:10:11,822 --> 01:10:16,163
[TV announcer]
-It's the Ratha Yatra festival
coming to the heart of London
943
01:10:16,163 --> 01:10:18,585
from Jagannatha Puri, India.
944
01:10:18,585 --> 01:10:21,508
There, it's
a 2,000-year-old festival
945
01:10:21,508 --> 01:10:25,599
attended annually
by over a million people.
946
01:10:26,726 --> 01:10:27,602
Here at Marble Arch,
947
01:10:27,602 --> 01:10:30,190
the number of worshipers
may be less,
948
01:10:30,190 --> 01:10:31,275
but they are no less devoted
949
01:10:31,275 --> 01:10:33,739
to finding
their eternal happiness
950
01:10:33,739 --> 01:10:35,702
in Krishna consciousness.
951
01:10:35,702 --> 01:10:36,787
[gentle piano music playing]
952
01:10:36,787 --> 01:10:38,874
[Mahatma]
-The Ratha Yatra festival
953
01:10:38,874 --> 01:10:40,962
is an ancient Indian tradition
954
01:10:40,962 --> 01:10:44,217
that Prabhupada
introduced to the West.
955
01:10:44,217 --> 01:10:46,430
The deities spend
the whole year in the temple,
956
01:10:46,430 --> 01:10:49,644
and this is the day that
they come out of the temple,
957
01:10:49,644 --> 01:10:51,481
so everybody can see them.
958
01:10:51,481 --> 01:10:53,862
[gentle piano music playing]
959
01:10:53,862 --> 01:10:58,120
People seemed to really
respond to that idea.
960
01:10:58,120 --> 01:11:01,249
[gentle piano music playing]
961
01:11:04,798 --> 01:11:06,761
[Sruti Kirti]
-It was a victory
for Prabhupada,
962
01:11:06,761 --> 01:11:09,183
this Ratha Yatra going
right down, like,
963
01:11:09,183 --> 01:11:15,275
the main byways there in London
to Trafalgar Square.
964
01:11:15,275 --> 01:11:20,285
And he just danced
and walked the entire way.
965
01:11:20,285 --> 01:11:24,293
This was conquering London...
he conquered the British.
966
01:11:24,293 --> 01:11:27,298
When he was young, when he first
met his spiritual master,
967
01:11:27,298 --> 01:11:29,763
he was into
the Gandhi movement.
968
01:11:29,763 --> 01:11:31,975
He wasn't into British rule.
969
01:11:31,975 --> 01:11:34,981
So now he came
and took over Britain.
970
01:11:34,981 --> 01:11:38,319
[gentle piano music playing]
971
01:11:49,926 --> 01:11:52,389
[Shyamasundar]
-We were all so young
972
01:11:52,389 --> 01:11:55,352
and unskilled
in managing big things.
973
01:11:55,352 --> 01:11:57,900
They were going on real fast.
974
01:11:59,152 --> 01:12:01,824
He started with two temples.
975
01:12:01,824 --> 01:12:03,367
By the time
he came to India,
976
01:12:03,367 --> 01:12:06,834
there were nearly
50 centers worldwide.
977
01:12:06,834 --> 01:12:11,092
That means dedicated centers
where devotees lived
978
01:12:11,092 --> 01:12:13,387
and preached
Krishna consciousness.
979
01:12:14,389 --> 01:12:16,476
[Mahatma]
-And it was an amazing time.
980
01:12:16,476 --> 01:12:17,394
We were excited,
981
01:12:17,394 --> 01:12:19,107
and we were getting
revolutionaries,
982
01:12:19,107 --> 01:12:22,155
people who wanted
to change the world.
983
01:12:22,614 --> 01:12:24,659
[Yogesvara]
-His students
were not all hippies.
984
01:12:24,659 --> 01:12:27,790
There were a lot of people
of substance and accomplishment,
985
01:12:27,790 --> 01:12:30,545
but spiritually,
we were all children.
986
01:12:30,545 --> 01:12:32,423
And he knew that.
987
01:12:32,423 --> 01:12:36,014
He also knew that...
this was an emergency.
988
01:12:36,014 --> 01:12:39,270
However much time he had left,
he had to establish
989
01:12:39,270 --> 01:12:42,985
the foundation
of an international society.
990
01:12:43,443 --> 01:12:47,494
[Mahatma]
-And he was very confident that,
if we follow our principles
991
01:12:47,494 --> 01:12:51,126
and we maintain our purity,
we will be successful.
992
01:12:51,710 --> 01:12:54,716
[Larry Shin]
-A guru inspires, teaches,
993
01:12:54,716 --> 01:12:58,265
tries to set in
a positive direction.
994
01:12:58,265 --> 01:13:00,310
But ultimately,
every one of us
995
01:13:00,310 --> 01:13:03,358
live out our own religious life.
996
01:13:04,694 --> 01:13:08,491
-Mistakes can be
our best...
997
01:13:08,491 --> 01:13:10,914
way of learning anything.
998
01:13:10,914 --> 01:13:16,258
And Prabhupada knew that there
were going to be mistakes.
999
01:13:18,220 --> 01:13:20,514
-And gradually,
as we learned how to distribute
1000
01:13:20,514 --> 01:13:23,813
Prabhupada's books,
money came in.
1001
01:13:23,813 --> 01:13:27,112
And some people
who were salesmen decided,
1002
01:13:27,112 --> 01:13:31,202
as salesmen sometimes do,
stretch the truth a little bit.
1003
01:13:31,202 --> 01:13:33,165
And people would
tell Prabhupada,
1004
01:13:33,165 --> 01:13:35,836
"You know, Prabhupada,
they're saying
1005
01:13:35,836 --> 01:13:37,381
"when they distribute a book,
1006
01:13:37,381 --> 01:13:40,094
that the money
is going to Bangladesh."
1007
01:13:40,094 --> 01:13:42,557
And Prabhupada said,
"If that's what you're saying,
1008
01:13:42,557 --> 01:13:43,851
that's where it has to go."
1009
01:13:43,851 --> 01:13:48,319
And he said, "You need to learn
how to get people motivated
1010
01:13:48,319 --> 01:13:50,281
"to buy the book
by convincing them
1011
01:13:50,281 --> 01:13:51,950
"how this book will help them.
1012
01:13:51,950 --> 01:13:54,789
That's the purity
of a spiritual salesman."
1013
01:13:54,789 --> 01:13:59,340
So we were genuinely motivated,
but we were a little aggressive.
1014
01:13:59,340 --> 01:14:03,348
[chanting "Hare Krishna"]
1015
01:14:09,608 --> 01:14:12,448
[TV reporter]
-Many would consider members
of the Hare Krishna sect
1016
01:14:12,448 --> 01:14:14,617
to be little more
than a noisy nuisance.
1017
01:14:14,617 --> 01:14:17,415
They've been labeled
dangerous religious fanatics
1018
01:14:17,415 --> 01:14:18,625
and lumped together with cults,
1019
01:14:18,625 --> 01:14:22,049
but the Krishnas say
they're simply misunderstood.
1020
01:14:22,049 --> 01:14:26,392
-They are the mafia
of the religious world.
1021
01:14:26,392 --> 01:14:27,810
As a matter of fact,
they have ties
1022
01:14:27,810 --> 01:14:30,149
to the organized crime families
of the United States.
1023
01:14:30,149 --> 01:14:32,194
-Now, that's a serious charge.
-It sure is.
1024
01:14:32,194 --> 01:14:35,909
-Are you saying that crime
is an organized planned program
1025
01:14:35,909 --> 01:14:37,245
of the Hare Krishna?
1026
01:14:37,245 --> 01:14:38,664
[man]
-Yes.
1027
01:14:39,584 --> 01:14:42,172
-The scholars called it
the NRMs,
1028
01:14:42,172 --> 01:14:43,672
the New Religious Movements.
1029
01:14:43,672 --> 01:14:46,179
-The story you are about to see
is a parent's nightmare:
1030
01:14:46,179 --> 01:14:49,101
the story of a family
whose daughter disappeared.
1031
01:14:49,101 --> 01:14:50,729
When they finally found her,
they had to fight
1032
01:14:50,729 --> 01:14:54,278
just to get to talk with her
because she had joined a cult.
1033
01:14:54,278 --> 01:14:57,367
[Amarendra]
-Thousands and thousands
of young people
1034
01:14:57,367 --> 01:15:01,917
leaving their former religions
and joining the NRMs.
1035
01:15:01,917 --> 01:15:04,087
The parents
and the religious leaders,
1036
01:15:04,087 --> 01:15:05,674
there was a tremendous backlash.
1037
01:15:05,674 --> 01:15:07,844
[TV announcer]
-Cheryl Zimmera is 18.
1038
01:15:07,844 --> 01:15:10,058
She tried university
and a job in treasury
1039
01:15:10,058 --> 01:15:13,649
before leaving both to join
the sect a few months ago.
1040
01:15:13,649 --> 01:15:16,735
Today, after her initiation
by the spiritual master,
1041
01:15:16,735 --> 01:15:18,908
she says she's found
true happiness.
1042
01:15:18,908 --> 01:15:22,414
But her mother and her aunt
are not so sure.
1043
01:15:22,414 --> 01:15:25,753
-She's given up university
to do this.
1044
01:15:25,753 --> 01:15:28,385
Given up everything,
she's not working.
1045
01:15:28,385 --> 01:15:29,760
And I can't see
any future in it at all.
1046
01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:31,516
What's going to happen
in ten years' time?
1047
01:15:31,516 --> 01:15:33,769
-Your mother is--
is worried that, in fact,
1048
01:15:33,769 --> 01:15:36,191
all the things
you are saying, uh,
1049
01:15:36,191 --> 01:15:37,776
are largely due
to brainwashing.
1050
01:15:37,776 --> 01:15:39,656
Are you worried
that she's worried?
1051
01:15:39,656 --> 01:15:41,783
-Oh, yes, I'm worried
that she's worried,
1052
01:15:41,783 --> 01:15:43,787
but I don't think
she should be.
1053
01:15:43,787 --> 01:15:45,791
-These parents became alarmed.
1054
01:15:45,791 --> 01:15:48,715
-'Cause they were actually
kidnapping people.
1055
01:15:48,715 --> 01:15:49,798
You'd be walking
down the street,
1056
01:15:49,798 --> 01:15:51,802
and they would just
throw you in a car.
1057
01:15:51,802 --> 01:15:53,181
[tires screeching]
1058
01:15:53,181 --> 01:15:56,020
And they'd say, "Your parents
are in the car behind us.
1059
01:15:56,020 --> 01:15:57,774
We need to talk to you."
1060
01:15:57,774 --> 01:16:00,320
And they'd put you
in a hotel.
1061
01:16:01,698 --> 01:16:05,829
Parents were hiring people
who would kidnap us
1062
01:16:05,829 --> 01:16:07,833
and try to deprogram us.
1063
01:16:07,833 --> 01:16:10,840
So there was a whole business
started of deprogramming.
1064
01:16:10,840 --> 01:16:15,641
-You think that these groups
have techniques of mind control
1065
01:16:15,641 --> 01:16:16,850
that you feel are dangerous?
1066
01:16:16,850 --> 01:16:20,275
-Yes. Hare Krishna is one
of the, the main one.
1067
01:16:20,275 --> 01:16:23,698
Uh, and, uh, they use
the same technique--
1068
01:16:23,698 --> 01:16:27,121
It's no different from Guyana,
uh, Jim Jones.
1069
01:16:27,121 --> 01:16:28,624
It's no different from Hitler.
1070
01:16:28,624 --> 01:16:32,745
-The anti-cult movement
developed this theory
1071
01:16:32,745 --> 01:16:35,783
that anybody that would join
one of these movements
1072
01:16:35,783 --> 01:16:39,070
could not possibly
have done so voluntarily.
1073
01:16:39,070 --> 01:16:41,857
It had to be the victim
of mind control,
1074
01:16:41,857 --> 01:16:44,064
that they were brainwashed.
1075
01:16:44,064 --> 01:16:46,851
Of course, Prabhupada
had admitted many times,
1076
01:16:46,851 --> 01:16:47,850
"Yes, we are brainwashing.
1077
01:16:47,850 --> 01:16:51,845
The brain is very dirty,
and we are cleaning it!"
1078
01:16:55,551 --> 01:16:59,463
This was a case,
"People vs. Murphy."
1079
01:16:59,463 --> 01:17:02,417
Criminal charges brought
against two devotees
1080
01:17:02,417 --> 01:17:06,827
in the Supreme Court
of New York City.
1081
01:17:08,577 --> 01:17:12,820
This was an attack on
everything that we stand for.
1082
01:17:12,820 --> 01:17:16,692
On the fundamental principles
of the Bhagavad Gita,
1083
01:17:16,692 --> 01:17:24,142
that the Bhagavad Gita
is a tool of mind control.
1084
01:17:25,140 --> 01:17:27,555
[Hari Sauri]
-Prabhupada said
our defense statement
1085
01:17:27,555 --> 01:17:31,633
is the whole Srimad Bhagavatam,
the Bhagavad Gita,
1086
01:17:31,633 --> 01:17:34,005
the Nectar of Devotion,
the Nectar of Instruction.
1087
01:17:34,005 --> 01:17:36,003
He said, "You present
all of our books."
1088
01:17:36,003 --> 01:17:38,789
He said, "Let the case
go on for years."
1089
01:17:38,789 --> 01:17:42,786
The more he got attacked,
the more energized he became.
1090
01:17:42,786 --> 01:17:44,782
He was a fighter.
1091
01:17:44,782 --> 01:17:46,906
Prabhupada loved a good fight.
1092
01:17:48,777 --> 01:17:51,110
[Mahatma]
-In the end, Justice Leahy
1093
01:17:51,110 --> 01:17:54,231
of the New York Supreme Court
said, quote,
1094
01:17:54,231 --> 01:17:58,018
"They were reaping the benefits
of a bona fide religion
1095
01:17:58,018 --> 01:18:02,638
with roots in India that
go back thousands of years."
1096
01:18:07,007 --> 01:18:10,751
-We have a right, an absolute
right in this country,
1097
01:18:10,751 --> 01:18:15,414
to believe in anything
that we want.
1098
01:18:15,414 --> 01:18:18,785
[gentle music playing]
1099
01:18:20,823 --> 01:18:25,152
This is always considered
to be a watershed event.
1100
01:18:25,152 --> 01:18:27,731
It's mentioned in
all the law review articles,
1101
01:18:27,731 --> 01:18:29,439
it's mentioned
in all the articles
1102
01:18:29,439 --> 01:18:31,020
on the history
of the anti-cult movement.
1103
01:18:31,020 --> 01:18:34,723
It's had an impact
all over the country.
1104
01:18:34,723 --> 01:18:37,388
[gentle music playing]
1105
01:18:42,341 --> 01:18:46,169
You know, that was a big victory
for Prabhupada.
1106
01:18:50,704 --> 01:18:54,576
[sweeping orchestral music
playing]
1107
01:19:16,799 --> 01:19:21,253
[Gauravani]
-Prabhupada believed
that Krishna's love
1108
01:19:21,253 --> 01:19:23,665
would supersede
any obstacle.
1109
01:19:23,665 --> 01:19:27,703
The idea that God's love is
more powerful than anything else
1110
01:19:27,703 --> 01:19:31,199
and that it will come like
a tsunami down the street.
1111
01:19:31,199 --> 01:19:38,815
-♪ Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,
Krishna Krishna ♪
1112
01:19:38,815 --> 01:19:40,646
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1113
01:19:40,646 --> 01:19:45,016
♪ Hare Rama,
Hare Rama ♪
1114
01:19:45,016 --> 01:19:49,303
♪ Hare Rama, Hare Hare ♪
1115
01:19:49,303 --> 01:19:53,880
♪ Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna ♪
1116
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:58,000
♪ Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare ♪
1117
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:02,619
♪ Hare Rama, Hare Rama ♪
1118
01:20:02,619 --> 01:20:06,614
♪ Hare Rama,
Hare Hare ♪
1119
01:20:06,614 --> 01:20:10,609
♪ Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna ♪
1120
01:20:10,609 --> 01:20:14,980
♪ Krishna Krishna,
Hare Hare ♪
1121
01:20:14,980 --> 01:20:16,063
♪ Hare Rama... ♪
1122
01:20:16,063 --> 01:20:19,725
-There was never a day
that just didn't astonish me.
1123
01:20:19,725 --> 01:20:24,261
There was never a moment when
I would walk up to his door
1124
01:20:24,261 --> 01:20:28,756
to go in when I wouldn't
just be totally...
1125
01:20:28,756 --> 01:20:30,795
ahh... full of excitement.
1126
01:20:30,795 --> 01:20:32,834
That I never knew
what was going to happen
1127
01:20:32,834 --> 01:20:35,165
the moment I opened that door.
1128
01:20:35,580 --> 01:20:38,162
[Rukmini]
-Prabhupada was quite unlike
1129
01:20:38,162 --> 01:20:39,785
any teacher we'd ever known.
1130
01:20:39,785 --> 01:20:44,570
There was no gap between what
he spoke and what he lived.
1131
01:20:45,985 --> 01:20:48,815
[Ghosh]
-He shared his particular love
for his followers,
1132
01:20:48,815 --> 01:20:51,561
and they shared love
with each other.
1133
01:20:51,561 --> 01:20:56,723
That is the heart of what
holds his movement together.
1134
01:20:57,555 --> 01:20:59,353
And that was his last request:
1135
01:20:59,353 --> 01:21:01,903
"If you love me,
please work with each other,
1136
01:21:01,903 --> 01:21:04,244
despite differences."
1137
01:21:50,436 --> 01:21:54,574
[Hari Sauri]
-He was not at all disturbed
in his consciousness
1138
01:21:54,574 --> 01:21:57,709
by the breakdown of his body.
1139
01:21:57,709 --> 01:22:01,011
You could see, here's a person
that really understands
1140
01:22:01,011 --> 01:22:03,143
he's not this body.
1141
01:22:05,317 --> 01:22:09,832
I was there when he was still
translating the Bhagavatam
1142
01:22:09,832 --> 01:22:12,883
two weeks before
he left the planet.
1143
01:22:41,351 --> 01:22:44,903
[atmospheric music playing]
1144
01:23:48,988 --> 01:23:51,747
[bells jingling]
1145
01:23:58,895 --> 01:24:01,361
[Indian music playing]
1146
01:24:11,102 --> 01:24:14,738
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1147
01:24:14,738 --> 01:24:18,919
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1148
01:24:19,209 --> 01:24:22,219
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1149
01:24:22,219 --> 01:24:25,523
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1150
01:24:25,523 --> 01:24:30,330
♪ Hare Rama Hare ♪
1151
01:24:30,330 --> 01:24:35,932
♪ Rama Rama Ram Rama ♪
1152
01:24:35,932 --> 01:24:39,026
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1153
01:24:39,276 --> 01:24:42,369
[man with crowd]
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1154
01:24:43,749 --> 01:24:46,549
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1155
01:24:47,301 --> 01:24:50,562
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1156
01:24:52,026 --> 01:24:55,078
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1157
01:24:55,704 --> 01:24:58,631
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1158
01:24:59,466 --> 01:25:02,518
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1159
01:25:03,647 --> 01:25:06,363
♪ Rama Rama ♪
1160
01:25:07,660 --> 01:25:09,124
[crowd]
-♪ Hare Hare ♪
1161
01:25:09,124 --> 01:25:11,380
[man]
-One more time, real loud.
1162
01:25:11,380 --> 01:25:14,390
[all]
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1163
01:25:15,603 --> 01:25:18,528
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1164
01:25:19,405 --> 01:25:22,416
[crowd]
-♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1165
01:25:23,712 --> 01:25:27,266
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1166
01:25:27,600 --> 01:25:30,567
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1167
01:25:32,031 --> 01:25:34,665
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1168
01:25:35,584 --> 01:25:39,054
♪ Rama Rama ♪
1169
01:25:39,639 --> 01:25:42,984
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1170
01:25:42,984 --> 01:25:46,035
[man]
-⪠Hare Krishna âª
1171
01:25:46,035 --> 01:25:47,415
[crowd cheering]
1172
01:25:47,415 --> 01:25:50,341
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1173
01:25:51,176 --> 01:25:54,646
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1174
01:25:55,523 --> 01:25:58,952
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1175
01:25:59,662 --> 01:26:02,545
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1176
01:26:03,592 --> 01:26:07,562
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1177
01:26:07,562 --> 01:26:10,573
♪ Rama Rama ♪
1178
01:26:11,994 --> 01:26:15,214
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1179
01:26:15,631 --> 01:26:18,934
[crowd]
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1180
01:26:18,934 --> 01:26:19,812
[man]
-Whoa!
1181
01:26:19,812 --> 01:26:22,821
[crowd]
-♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1182
01:26:23,615 --> 01:26:27,838
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1183
01:26:27,838 --> 01:26:31,640
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1184
01:26:31,640 --> 01:26:35,653
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1185
01:26:36,323 --> 01:26:39,666
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1186
01:26:40,462 --> 01:26:43,680
♪ Rama Rama ♪
1187
01:26:44,559 --> 01:26:47,944
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1188
01:26:47,944 --> 01:26:51,582
[man]
-⪠Hare Krishna âª
1189
01:26:52,209 --> 01:26:55,718
♪ Hare Krishna ♪
1190
01:26:56,180 --> 01:26:59,440
♪ Krishna Krishna ♪
1191
01:27:00,735 --> 01:27:03,871
♪ Hare Hare ♪
1192
01:27:04,748 --> 01:27:08,051
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1193
01:27:08,845 --> 01:27:12,693
♪ Hare Rama ♪
1194
01:27:13,068 --> 01:27:15,910
♪ Rama Rama... ♪
1195
01:27:23,770 --> 01:27:27,364
[atmospheric music playing]
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