Name: First Meeting with Srila Prabhupada on 25th March 1971 by Radhanath Swami
Duration: 26 min 30 s
Description: On the first day ten thousand people came and in the evening over twenty thousand people attended. Srila Prabhupada ki jai! It was the first time that Srila Prabhupada was preaching to the masses of so many thousands at a time and this program was such a wonderful success over twenty thousand people appeared on that night.

Sacisutastakam a Sanskrit song composed by Gaudiya Vaisnava Saint Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and performed by Swarupa Damodar Prabhu.

LYRICS:
(1)
nava gaura-varam nava-puspa-saram 
nava-bhava-dharam nava-lasya-param 
nava-hasya-karam nava-hema-varam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(2)
nava-prema-yutam nava-nita-sucam 
nava-vesa-krtam nava-prema-rasam 
navadha vilasat subha-prema-mayam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(3)
hari-bhakti-param hari-nama-dharam 
kara-japya-karam hari-nama-param 
nayane satatam pranayasru-dharam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(4)
satatam janata-bhava-tapa-haram 
paramartha-parayana-loka-gatim 
nava-leha-karam jagat-tapa-haram 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(5)
nija-bhakti-karam priya-carutaram 
nata-nartana-nagara-raja-kulam 
kula-kamini-manasa-lasya-karam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(6)
karatala-valam kala-kantha-ravam 
mrdu-vadya-suvinikaya madhuram 
nija-bhakti-gunavrta-natya-karam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(7)
yuga-dharma-yutam punar nanda-sutam 
dharani-sucitram bhava-bhavocitam 
tanu-dhyana-citam nija-vasa-yutam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam
 
(8)
arunam nayanam caranam vasanam 
vadane skhalitam svaka-nama-dharam 
kurute su-rasam jagata jivanam 
pranamami saci-suta-gaura-varam

TRANSLATION
1) His complexion is the hue of fresh cream tinged with kunkum. He is the ever-fresh Cupid who shoots arrows of newly blossoming flowers. He bears newer and newer moods of emotional ecstasies. He is fond of performing novel dances. He makes ever-new jokes that cause much laughter. His brilliant luster is like freshly cast gold.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
2) He is endowed with ever-fresh love of Godhead. His radiant luster is like the color of fresh butter. His fresh attire is arranged in ever-new fashions. He relishes ever-new mellows of love for Krsna. He shines in nine-fold new ways while executing the nine-fold processes of devotion. He is permeated with a most auspicious loving nature.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
3) He is absorbed in devotion to Sri Hari. He maintains the chanting of the names of Hari. While chanting He counts the holy names on the fingers of His hands. He is addicted to the name of Hari. He always has tears of love welling in His eyes.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
4) He is always removing the suffering of material existence for mankind. He is the goal of life for persons who are dedicated to their supreme interest. He inspires men to become like honeybees (eager for the honey of Krsna-prema). He removes the burning fever of the material world.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
5) He motivates pure devotion unto Himself. He is most attractive to His beloved servitors. By His dramatic dancing He exhibits the characteristics of the King of paramours. He causes the minds of beautiful young village women to dance.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
6) He plays karatals as His throat emits sweet melodious sounds and the vibrant notes of the vina are softly played. He thus inspires the devotees to perform dramatic dancing that is infused with aspects of His own devotional service.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
7) He is accompanied by the sankirtana movement, which is the religious practice for the age of Kali. He is the son of Nanda Maharaja come again. He is the extraordinarily brilliant ornament of the earth. His preaching mood is suitably adapted to the cycle of birth and death. His consciousness is fixed in meditation on His own form of Krsna. He is always accompanied by His transcendental abode.—I bow to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.
 
8) His eyes, the soles of His feet, and His clothing are reddish like the color that heralds the rising sun. As He utters His own names, His voice falters. He awakens a sweet flavor to life throughout the universe.—I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci.

Sacisutastaka ~ Swarupa Damodar Prabhu

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Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassi (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.
Born Richard Slavin, on December 7, 1950, in his teens he came to confront a deep sense of alienation from suburban Chicago life and the civil injustices of mid-century America. At the age of nineteen, while on a summer trip to Europe, his internal struggles culminated in a commitment to search for God wherever it might lead him. Meditating on the Isle of Crete, he felt a supernatural calling and the next morning set off alone to find spiritual India. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.
In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami’s teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.
At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.
Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community’s development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.


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