Prabhupada encouraged the attentive crowd to also try to become devotees of Krsna and to become Krsna conscious, then they would also see the artistic work of Krsna everywhere.
In question time, a young lady spoke up. "I'd like to know if His Divine Grace has a comment on the coming so-called revolution or the 'second coming' that is being prophesied by various people for the past fifty-odd years. Do you have any thought on this? Do you expect it?"
Tusta Krsna turned to the lady for clarification, and asked: "Second coming of who?"
"The second coming of either Christ or a total changeover in the evolution of this planet."
Tusta Krsna smiled and indicated with a sweep of his hand Srila Prabhupada and the devotees. "Here it is," he said with a grin. All the devotees present laughed. Srila Prabhupada had not heard the exchange, and asked Tusta,"What is that?"
"She asks whether you have any views that for the past fifty or a hundred years, people have been predicting that there is going to be like a second coming or a spiritual changeover which will have an effect on the whole planet."
Prabhupada nodded his head. "So that is being done now."
The woman spoke up. "There's a time, they say, the late 1980s or the 1990s, there is to be ..."
"Yes," said Prabhupada. "The signs are like that. People are taking this Krsna conscious movement very rapidly all over the world. So it is not very astonishing if by 1980 the majority of population chant Hare Krsna and dance."
Prabhupada indicated Jagattarini who was seated on the grass matting floor by his side, her head slumped over, desperately trying to stay awake. "Now, here is a girl, my disciple. Her original name was Janne. Now she is a devotee and she was dancing in a different way. Now she is dancing in Krsna consciousness. She was a very reputed artist, you know, in Australia. Now she has given that up. She was earning hundreds and thousands of dollars, but she has given up everything. Now she is Jagat-tarini. She is delivering the world by dancing with Krsna consciousness. So that is quite possible. It is very simple. Therefore there is every possibility. Param drstva nivartate. Param drstva, when one sees a better thing, he gives up the inferior thing. That is nature. So this Krsna consciousness movement is a better engagement of life. So as soon as one understands this philosophy, he gives up the lower engagement and comes to this Krsna consciousness."
A young man wanted to know whether it was possible to know the source of Krsna. Prabhupada's succinct answer was crystal clear. "Source of Krsna? Well, Krsna is the origin. Sarva-karana-karanam. We are trying to understand the source of Krsna because we have no other experience. We have only the experience that everything has got a source. You go on searching out. Just like you are caused by your father. Your father is caused by his father. His father is cause of .. In this way go on researching, researching, then you come to Brahma, the original person in this universe. Then Brahma is also caused by Garbhodakasayi Visnu. The Garbhodakasayi Visnu is caused by Karanodakasayi Visnu. The Karanodakasayi Visnu is caused by Sankarsana. Sankarsana is caused by Narayana. Narayana is caused by Baladeva. Baladeva is caused by Krsna. Therefore Krsna is the origin, cause of everyone. He has no cause. He has no source. He is the original source of everything. Aham sarvasya prabhavah. 'I am the source of everything.' And, Brahma-samhita, sarva-karana karanam: 'The cause of all causes.' So, the Supreme Lord is the cause of all causes, but He is not caused by anyone. That is His supremacy. He is not caused by anyone .. That is God."
- From "The Great Transcendental Adventure" by HG Kurma Prabhu
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