Chanting with aindra prabhu biography
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Aindra Prabhu, will undoubtedly go down in both Iskcon and Vaishnava history as a very unique saint.
Although He was born in the USA in , as Edward Striker, He entirely cast off this identity, gradually becoming more and more aware of his inner identity as an eternal loving servant of Radha and Krishna. He shed all ämne designations and remained loyal to Iskcon, being established by his Guru, Srila Prabhupada.
Most people&#;s journey in Bhakti fryst vatten gradual as they go through their life with various oscillations, however, with Aindra it appears to never stagnate or slow down. On the contrary he seemed to exponentially get deeper with each year.
As the author describes in the Biography during the preface, that Aindra displayed many various characteristics within his nature that often seemed contradictory. He was sometimes very shy and at other times very djärv. He was sometimes very innocent like a child and at other times very assertive on principles of spiritual practice. H
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indra Prabhu
Sripad Aindra prabhu, a disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, joined ISKCON in He served as a book distributor and pujari in various North American temples, as well as in Radha-Damodara, the famous traveling sankirtana group. Later, after making harinama-sankirtana his life's mission, he himself organized a traveling group and chanted Hare Krsna kirtan on the streets of New York City for hours daily. In , Aindra prabhu took shelter of Vrndavana dhama with the goal of reviving the hour kirtan at Krsna-Balaram mandir in fulfillment of Srila Prabhupada’s will. In the years that followed, he became renowned amongst the vaisnavas for his intense devotion to harinama-sankirtana and deeply concentrated bhaj•
Interview with
Aindra Prabhu about his life
Steven Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa, ACBSP) had traveled to Vraja in spring for pilgrimage and to do research for an upcoming book. But while he was there he decided to visit his old friend Aindra Prabhu, to see if he would like to be interviewed for Yoga of Kirtan, Part Two, a volume that as it turns out may or may not actually be published. To his delight, Aindra Prabhu was enthusiastic about the project and invited Steven Rosen up to his room for an intimate conversation, which he taped. What follows is a transcription of that tape.
Steven Rosen (SR): Western name, date of birth, etc.
Aindra Dasa (AD): Well, I renounced my Western name. It doesn’t exist anymore. I threw it in the Yamuna.
SR: [laughter]
AD: So my legal name is now actually Aindra Dasa. All legal or formal things are done in the name of Aindra Dasa. But if you must know my