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Feb 14, 2018 24 tweets 16 min read Read on X
Just saw @harekrishnafilm, on the life of @ISKCONglobal founder Srila #Prabhupada . In one word… MindBlown!!! 1/n
#ISKCON #HareKrsna #TweetThread
What. A. Film!!! Not just from a spiritual or consciousness point of view… but Great lessons on how a movement was built. 2/n
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
And in a few years reverse-conquered the Brits... with love😍. That’s the #RathYatra at Trafalgar Square, London BTW. 18/n
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
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
#ISKCON #HareKrsna
PS: Do share this thread with fellow devotees. Who knows… you might just spark off a movement! 🙏🏽
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