Repaying Our Debt To Srila PrabhupadaThis indeed is the duty of all true disciples: to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him, with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives. SB 10.80.41Devotee: How can we repay you?Prabhupada: You don't require to repay. (chuckles) I am not giving you anything. It is Krsna's property. You repay to Krsna. Chant Hare Krsna and He will be repaid. Nobody can repay. Therefore it is better to remain always obliged. That's all. That's all right? Chant Hare Krsna. 750304A Vaisnava always feels himself incapable to repay his debt to his spiritual master, therefore he works very hard in order to try and repay that debt. He knows that without the mercy of the spiritual master one cannot preach this Krsna consciousness and therefore he always tries to act in such a way that he may please his guru. Letter, 76-08-09Actually you are correct, it is not possible for the disciple to repay the debt to the spiritual master. Therefore the disciple remains eternally indebted to the spiritual master and continually works in such a way that the spiritual master may become pleased upon him for such sincere services rendered. Always follow the four principles, take prasadam, and above all chant your sixteen rounds a day, and thus you will make steady advancement in devotional service. Continue to preach this movement all over the world and thus you will become happy and you will make others happy also. Letter, 76-07-29If you feel at all indebted to me then you should preach vigorously like me. That is the proper way to repay me. Of course, no one can repay the debt to the spiritual master, but the spiritual master is very much pleased by such an attitude by the disciple. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said: vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana, "Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one.'' Our only business is to be fixed up in devotional service by pleasing the spiritual master. Those who are not fixed up they have various lines of action. (eka means "one'' and bahu means "many'').The real ocean of mercy is Krsna and it is the duty of the spiritual master to tell his disciple to come to the ocean and be happy. The spiritual master's duty is to lead the disciple to this ocean. I am trying my best and if you try to follow surely you will benefit.Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung, "krsna se tomara, krsna dite paro, tomara sakati ache ami to' kangala, krsna' krsna' boli', dhai tava pache pache.'' "Krsna is yours and you have the power to give Him to anyone you wish. I am poor and wretched and running behind you shouting Krsna, Krsna!''Krsna is unlimited, no one can catch Him, but if someone follows the parampara, He agrees to be captured. Everyone is afraid of Krsna, but Krsna is afraid of Mother Yasoda. That is Krsna's special mercy. Letter, 76-08-14- From the "My Memories of Srila Prabhupada" by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
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