The Significance of Srila Prabhupada
The Significance of Srila Prabhupada Home The Significance of Srila Prabhupada The honorific title Prabhupada is properly used for designating those very great spiritual masters who have made an outstanding contribution of literature or preaching to the world. Examples are Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Prabhupada. When members of ISKCON speak of “Srila Prabhupada,” they refer to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is correctly addressed as Srila Prabhupada because he occupies a unique position in the religious history of the world. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.5.11), Vyasadeva states that the Bhagavatam “is meant to bring about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected civilization.” This statement clearly refers to the preaching mission heralded by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whose purports on Srimad-Bhagavatam, composed fi...