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On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

The unifying principle in our movement of strong minded persons is submission to and faith in the orders of Srila Prabhupada. Cooperation means becoming humble and subduing our egos. It's difficult, but purifying. We must cooperate because that is one of Srila Prabhupada's most important instructions. Both individually and collectively, we will be lost without it. It is a sign of Srila Prabhupada's success that we have developed strong minds, and a further sign of his success that we continue to live and work and cooperate respectfully together despite our personal and philosophical differences, even though Srila Prabhupada is not physically present to pacify us. If the spirit of cooperating to please Srila Prabhupada is strong, even strong differences can be lived with.

We have to look to the future. Lamenting over the past will not help. Personally, I am convinced that Srila Prabhupada's desire for a Krsna conscious world civilization will come to pass. He wanted it, and Krsna will fulfill his desire. The Krsna consciousness movement is carrying the potency of Krsna. Nothing is impossible for Krsna and His pure devotees.

Our movement is still bearing the energy of the Supreme Lord. We have the best philosophy, the best process, the best guru, and the blessings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. With His benediction we can blaze forward and take over the world. "Everywhere there is a great chance to give this Krsna consciousness movement a great push, and if we do everything very carefully there is no reason why we cannot save the world." letter, 71-01-02

Those who take up the work in a selfless mood will be successful. Srila Prabhupada has given us practical solutions to the myriad problems that bedevil the world. We simply have to become instruments in Srila Prabhupada's hands and he will reveal how everything is to be done. Either we will do it, or others will, now or in the future, but happen it will. As Srila Prabhupada said, it's up to us to take the credit or not.

- From the "My Memories of Srila Prabhupada" by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

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