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-- In Gedenken an unseren Gottbruder und Freund --
-- Vaisnava Hero: Ravanari Prabhu --
In Gedenken an unseren lieben Gottbruder, Freund und Devotee Ravanari Prabhu, der uns durch seinen Bücherservice immer eine Inspiration war im hingebungsvollen Dienst zu Krishna.
Nachruf von Atmavidya dasa :
Farewell, my beloved brother.
With deep sadness I learnt that you left this world on March 1, 2018.
All Vaiṣṇavī and Vaiṣṇava devotees are exceptional and rare personalities. Among the rare and exceptional you were unique.
You had left the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) to join the real PLO (Prabhupāda’s Liberation Organisation).
Our spiritual master showered his blessings personally on you, when you read from your translation manuscript of the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in Arabic to him.
A lifetime of translation and publication service in Arabic language ensued.
We did not have much contact in recent decades except for a few e-mail exchanges – but you always had a special place in my heart and always will, from the moment when you joined in our humble temple surroundings in Hamburg where I had the privilege to show you around.
You are a true hero of our spiritual master’s family, and were a very empathetic and genuine person to be around.
I am more than confident that you are very close to our eternal spiritual master at this very moment.
Atmavidya Das HG Ravanari Prabhu holding a copy of
Arabic Bhagavad-Gita that he translated
Born in Palestine, Ravanari prabhu joined ISKCON in 1973 in Germany. As a young devotee, he heard that it was Srila Prabhupad’s desire to have Bhagavad Gita translated into Arabic, so he began that service immediately. A couple of years later, he met Srila Prabhupada personally in Vrindavan during the opening of the Krishna Balaram Temple in 1975.
“I couldn’t believe Prabhupada wanted to meet me,” he said. “The effulgence coming from him made me speechless. I had no way to converse with him. I was completely awestruck.” “Why are you sitting so far away?” Prabhupada asked him when he entered his room for darshan. “Come closer. Sit next to me.”
When Ravanari prabhu saw that Srila Prabhupada had a copy of his translation in his hands, he was overwhelmed. “Read me the translations,” Prabhupada asked. “But Prabhupada, it is in Arabic,” he responded.
According to Ravanari Prabhu, Srila Prabhupad then began to recite the entire Arabic alphabet and started to read some of his translation work. Ravanari prabhu spent the entire morning in Prabhupada’s quarters reading out loud his translations while he listened attentively.
Download original Arabic Bhagavad-gita as PDF Book
At the conclusion of the reading, Srila Prabhupada announced, “Print it. Learn how to transliterate the Sanskrit verses as well. Print it as soon as possible”.
After this time, he ran a preaching center in Beirut, “in the middle of a military zone” where he was tortured and imprisoned along with Tribhuvanath Prabhu (Ireland,) Omkar Prabhu (Mexico,) and Padmapani Prabhu (Canada.) They were not fed for weeks and almost starved to death in a small cell.
Tribhuvannatha Prabhu with Padmapani das holding
Arabic translation
of Bhagavad-gita. Bombay, 1978 [All heros]
“The soldiers beat me only because they considered me a local and suspected me to be the leader of a spy mission,” he explained. “They kicked my head with their boots on and be at their guns into my skull. There was blood coming out of my eyes”.
Later, while translating Prabhupada’s books in Cairo, his only son, Shyamasundar, contracted meningitis and left this world at the age of 3.
“Somehow I had previously been inspired to bring him to Mayapur at a very young age. He went on parikram with me, took prasadam, and got a lot of blessings.”
After this, he moved to Canada and spent his time translating every book of Srila Prabhupada into Arabic. “I took seasonal jobs. I’d work for a few months at a time and then live off that money. I sat and translated for months and then I’d get work again for another few months,” he explained.
Ravanari Prabhu maintains a website where all of his Arabic translations of Srila Prabhpada’s books and lectures may be accessed: www.ravanari.com. During his later days he had spend most of his time in Mayapur.
http://www.prabhupada-books.de/translations/gita-arabic/Bhagavad-gita_Arabic.pdf
The Bhagavad-Gita as it is in arabic language, translated many years ago by H.G. Ravanari Prabhu (ACBSP), the first arab vaisnava, from Palestine. Pioneer of Krsna consciousness in Middle-east. He is the first and original translator of all Srila Prabhupada's books to arabic; and his translation is correct and easy to understand.
Ravanari ist am ersten März, 2018 in einem Krankenhaus in Ottawa verstorben. Diese Nachricht wurde von seiner Enkeltochter Vali (Tochter von Bhagi) übermittelt. Er hatte also Bauchschmerzen und ist damit ins Krankenhaus gegangen.
Ravanari hatte noch eine andere Tochter in Canada, die Radharani. Sie war bei ihm im Krankenhaus.
Mit Svakiya Mataji (Berlin) hat er die Tochter Bhagavati (auch bekannt als Bhattagati - Anna-Barbara), die in der Nähe von Abentheuer Goloka Dham wohnt. Sie ist Halbschwester von Janani Stöcker.
YouTube Videos with Ravanari Prabhu:
I was born in Palistine
Obsessed by Krishna's picture
We know God. We have got his phone number
Suddenly we were in West Berlin
Articles written by Ravanari Das (Rafael Israel Vara Panaifo) ??
Scrap ISKCON Interfaith! - by Ravanari Das
ISKCON's Wikipedia Acaryas - by Ravanari Das
Pray Tell, GBC: Why? Why? Why! - by Ravanari Das
The "Padophile" Dilemma: Send the Murderous Swami Back Home
Sraddha Ceremony For Sriman Ravanari Das Prabhu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ngVS8qQZXk&feature=youtu.be
His Grace Ravanari Das (acbsp) left his body in the very early morning hours of 1-3-2018, on Gaura Purnima in Ottawa, Canada at the age of 72 years. The Vaisnava Shraddha Ceremony for the departed Soul and submersion of the Ashes into the holy river Ganga, was performed on 12, May, 2018 in Sri Dham Mayapur. The last rights were performed by Abhay Charan Nimai Das and his mother Hrimati Dasi. Hare Krishna! His Grace Sriman Ravanari Das Prabhu ki Jay!
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