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You Found Śrīla Prabhupāda—Please Don’t Lose Him
You may be someone who chants sincerely. Who wakes early. Who serves with all your heart.You may have come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness through a guru, a temple, or a devotee who guided you beautifully.
The Importance of
My Guru Maharaja was in the 10th generation from Lord Chaitanya. We are 11th from Lord Chaitanya. The disciplic succession is as follows: 1. Sri Krishna, 2. Brahma, 3. Narada, 4. Vyasa, 5. Madhva, 6.
A bona fide Spiritual Master is a resident of Krishna Loka
Unless one is a resident of Krishna Loka, one cannot be a Spiritual Master. That is the first proposition.
“Try to maintain unity in diversity”
1973 and I have noted the contents carefully. Next time you come to India, you must come to Mayapur in March, not only you but many others. Our Bombay affairs are almost settled by 90%.
The Real Challenge in Turning Meat Eaters into Vegetarians
Energy has a mechanism that causes people to be unable to hear or assimilate any facts that are contrary to what they want to believe.
“Those devotees are GBCs because they have big egos”
Jyotirmayi was planning to go to Nepal to become a Buddhist monk when the devotees in Paris suggested that she and her friend, Mondakini, visit Prabhupada in London instead.
“Simply by remembering your Guru Maharaja, he is present with you”
Rukmini was 16 years old when she first met Srila Prabhupada, whose first words to her were, “Where are your parents?” When I was initiated, Prabhupada beautifully encouraged me.
All of Srila Prabhupada’s books come directly from Krishna
1974 was a trying year in Devaki’s life. Emotionally suffering to the point she couldn’t even eat, she understood there was no happiness in this world and was looking for spiritual truth.
“I shall live in my books, and you will utilize”
Krishna, the Reservoir of All Pleasure and found what she was looking for. She visited the temples in Hamburg, London, and finally Brooklyn. I stayed in Brooklyn as a brahmacharini for a year.
I understood what real association with the guru meant
When Srila Prabhupada came, everything was washed clean by his presence. Thank God for His pure devotee, who indiscriminately blesses us both from near and far.
It is not easy job to become a spiritual master
Prabhupada: [Hindi conversation] I have gone through variety stages of life. So I have got full experience of this material world. I don't want. That determination is there.
Srila Prabhupada is the Acharya of the Hare Krishna Movement
I hope you will not misunderstand the position of the Acharya who is so important a figure in the matter of learning the transcendental science.
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