Twelve days before his departure, Srila Prabhupada was asked about ISKCON’s future leadership. Expressing concern, a guest asked if a single successor would lead. Prabhupada clarified that no one person would succeed him—instead, all should become gurus and collectively carry forward the mission, as instructed by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Source: https://vanisource.org/wiki/771102_-_Conversation_B_-_Vrndavana
771102 – Conversation B – Vrndavana
Conversations by Date, 1977
771102R2-VRNDAVAN – Novembe