Thread by @anuraag_saxena

Just saw @harekrishnafilm, on the life of @ISKCONglobal founder Srila #Prabhupada . In one word… MindBlown!!! 1/n
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What. A. Film!!! Not just from a spiritual or consciousness point of view… but Great lessons on how a movement was built. 2/n
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What started from a dingy rented giftshop… 3/n

… became the fastest growing “religion” in just a decade. 4/n

A bunch of ragtag supporters took ancient #Indic wisdom mainstream in < 10 yrs. A CAGR of a 1000% perhaps. Something that puts Silicon Valley startups to shame. 5/n
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Who would’ve thought #TheBeatles would sing “Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Deva, Maheshwara…” to thousands a concert 💪🏽. Watch this -

“Paint a tilak on your brow. Open like a Lotus flower”… not from a BJP rally but from a @BoyGeorge number 😍 6/n

I believe the key was simply – Simplicity… in demystifying the process of plugging into the divine. 7/n
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Of comfort-in-numbers… of creating community-validation much before Facebook & Twitter discovered its potential. If your peers wore saffron and turned vegan, so would you. 8/n #ISKCON #HareKrsna

When skirts were getting shorter, faux #feminism emerging, & women forcing themselves to “look more modern”; a bunch of Americans understood that true liberation was of the Mind. 9/n #ISKCON #HareKrsna

When lobbies were pushing beef as a “cheap source of protein”, to say that a cow was much more. #GauMata became part of the ecosystem. 10/n
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When the world was leaning on pesticides and industrial-farming (we’re all paying the price for that now), to focus on ecological consciousness. 11/n

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the vision of #Prabhupada . 12/n

… and his amazing ability to delegate to a young, energetic, team with meticulous delivery-focus. 13/n

What one can achieve if you have a team of KarmaYoddhas. No intellectualizing, no BS… just getting his work DONE. 14/n
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Amazing personal learnings for the project I run @IndiaPrideProj… on how you build Pride around your cultural heritage. How you Execute and Scale. 15/n
span.state.gov/us-india-relat… #BringOurGodsHome #ISKCON #HareKrsna

The 60’s and 70’s saw India head out with a begging bowl (because of failed socialist policies)… 16/n
scroll.in/article/861901…

At that point, ONE INDIVIDUAL said “India’s REAL power is in its ancient wisdom. Let’s take it to the world”. 17/n
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And in a few years reverse-conquered the Brits... with love😍. That’s the #RathYatra at Trafalgar Square, London BTW. 18/n
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At modern India’s weakest point of vulnerability, the #SoftPower #ISKON generated for India was immense. Huge gratitude to #Prabhupada & his disciples. 19/n

The #HareKrsna movement lives to the day… with the strongest of endorsements. 20/n

#Prabhupada and his legacy… truly eternal. n/n
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