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Prabhupada Knows Everything

Sometimes devotees see me, a sannyasi, and ask, "How have you become so spiritually advanced?" Of course, I know more about my position than they do. Simply officially taking sannyasa is no cure for the nonsense mind. One thing, though, is that I never doubted anything Prabhupada said. I know that everything Srila Prabhupada says is right. Prabhupada knows Krsna; therefore he knows everything. If anyone thinks that Srila Prabhupada made a mistake, then he made a mistak

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 13
saunaka uvaca
ity abhivyahrtam raja
nisamya bharatarsabhah
kim anyat prstavan bhuyo
vaiyasakim rsim kavim

saunakah uvaca -- Saunaka said; iti -- thus; abhivyahrtam -- all that was spoken; raja -- the King; nisamya -- by hearing; bharata-rsabhah -- Maharaja Pariksit; kim -- what; anyat -- more; prstavan -- did he inquire from him; bhuyah -- again; vaiyasakim -- unto the son of Vyasadeva; rsim -- one who is well versed; kavim -- poetic.

TRANSLATION

Saunaka sai

Dear devotees, please accept our obeisances!
All Glories are to our Jagad Guru Srila Prabhupada!

When something is wonderfuly perfect it's hard to find words to describe it, and so was the 24h Kirtan Festival in New Gokula Dhama-ISKCON Brasil in the last weekend( 03,04/April/2010).

Congratulations to Vaikunta Prabhu and staff by the grand initiative in organizing this wonderful Yajna, and congratulations to all Vaishnavas who are allways in search of nectar of chanting the Holy Name of Hari!

We wis

On Representing Srila Prabhupada

Nowadays I'm getting many letters, mostly from people met on preaching travels or who have read my books. Many ask for advice, and I reply, advising as Srila Prabhupada advised us. The replies are often filled with tremendous gratefulness. People become so enlivened to get what seems to me straightforward advice like, "Try to chant Hare Krsna attentively and read Srila Prabhupada's books every day." So much affection is being showered on me through the mail. I har

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 12
jnanam yad apratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram
atma-prasada uta yatra gunesv asangah
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah
ko nirvrto hari-kathasu ratim na kuryat

jnanam -- knowledge; yat -- that which; a -- up to the limit of; pratinivrtta -- completely withdrawn; guna-urmi -- the waves of the material modes; cakram -- whirlpool; atma-prasadah -- self-satisfaction; uta -- moreover; yatra -- where there is; gunesu -- in the modes of nature; asangah -- no

On Remembering Srila Prabhupada

I personally felt the presence of Prabhupada very strongly in the early days of our preaching mission in Bangladesh. There were but few devotees, and we were spread thin. I had to spend weeks and months without strong association. It was underground work. There were many difficulties. I had to call to Srila Prabhupada for help, and that was the only thing that helped me to keep going.

Once I was traveling alone in Bangladesh, undergoing many difficulties, compounded

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 11
etavan eva yajatam
iha nihsreyasodayah
bhagavaty acalo bhavo
yad bhagavata-sangatah

etavan -- all these different kinds of worshipers; eva -- certainly; yajatam -- while worshiping; iha -- in this life; nihsreyasa -- the highest benediction; udayah -- development; bhagavati -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; acalah -- unflinching; bhavah -- spontaneous attraction; yat -- which; bhagavata -- the pure devotee of the Lord; sangatah -- association.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 10
akamah sarva-kamo va
moksa-kama udara-dhih
tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param

akamah -- one who has transcended all material desires; sarva-kamah -- one who has the sum total of material desires; va -- either; moksa-kamah -- one who desires liberation; udara-dhih -- with broader intelligence; tivrena -- with great force; bhakti-yogena -- by devotional service to the Lord; yajeta -- should worship; purusam -- the Lord; param -- the supreme whole.

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This is the 1974 Ratha Yatra in Melbourne, Australia. Prabhupada walked and did little dance steps the whole route without riding in the Ratha Yatra cart. On the evening of this day when I was mas saging Srila Prabhupada’s legs he remarked to me, “You were dancing nicely today”. His own dancing inspired me to dance and here I am yielding his cane while he plays karatalas. He is wearing flashy silk clothes, a white cadar and varied col­ored hat and turtle neck. A Gaudiya-matha san nyasi once cor­