Biography of His Grace Kripanidhi prabhu. Born in Georgetown Guyana, His Grace Kripanidhi Prabhu was initiated by Srila Prabhupad in 1972, at the age of 21, in Portland, Oregon, USA. On the direct order of Srila Prabhupad, he traveled and distributed books as a brahmacari for the next 11 years. In November 1977, he was briefly sent to Vrindavan, where he was present during the final pastimes of Srila Prabhupad. He was privileged to dig the samadhi by hand for Srila Prabhupad on the night of November 14th with another brahmacari. He returned to India in 1983 and served as President of the New Delhi Temple for 6 years. During this time, he opened one of the first bhakti yoga clubs at IIT - the Indian Institute of Technology with a special focus on synthesis of science and religion. He also lectured and organized programs with ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Institute. He returned to Canada in 1989 where he continued distributing books and preaching as his main service for the next 30 years. Now he resides in Sridham Mayapur with his family, where he serves Sri Sri Panchatattva on Their altar, manages & distributes Srila Prabhupada’s books at the International Book booth, participates in Harinams, & preaches Krishna Consciousness & Science to students, professors, pilgrims & guests.
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SB 2.5.31 taijasāt tu vikurvāṇād indriyāṇi daśābhavan jñāna-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktir buddhiḥ prāṇaś ca taijasau śrotraṁ tvag-ghrāṇa-dṛg-jihvā vāg-dor-meḍhrāṅghri-pāyavaḥ Synonyms taijasāt — by the passionate egoism; tu — but; vikurvāṇāt — transformation of; indriyāṇi — the senses; daśa — ten; abhavan — generated; jñāna-śaktiḥ — the five senses for acquiring knowledge; kriyā-śaktiḥ — the five senses of activities; buddhiḥ — intelligence; prāṇaḥ — the living energy; ca — also; taijasau — all products of the mode of passion; śrotram — the sense for hearing; tvak — the sense for touching; ghrāṇa — the sense for smelling; dṛk — the sense for seeing; jihvāḥ — the sense for tasting; vāk — the sense for speaking; doḥ — the sense for handling; meḍhra — the genitals; aṅghri — the legs; pāyavaḥ — the sense for evacuating. Translation By further transformation of the mode of passion, the sense organs like the ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue, mouth, hands, genitals, legs, and the outlet for evacuating, together with intelligence and living energy, are all generated. Purport The living condition in material existence depends more or less on one’s intelligence and powerful living energy. Intelligence to counteract the hard struggle for existence is assisted by the senses for acquiring knowledge, and the living energy maintains himself by manipulating the active organs, like the hands and legs. But on the whole, the struggle for existence is an exertion of the mode of passion. Therefore all the sense organs, headed by intelligence and the living energy, prāṇa, are different products and by-products of the second mode of nature, called passion. This mode of passion, however, is the product of the air element, as described before.