Srila Prabhupada

 

Information – The garland which adorned His Divine Grace while placing him in Samadhi has been brought and laid down in His Pushpa Samadhi Mandir at Mayapur. A larger than life size brass murti of Srila Prabhupada has been installed and is being worshipped here.

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet. Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

 

Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a, and He has got innumerable servant. Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a is Mahāprabhu, and all others, they are prabhus. And the spiritual master who has got many prabhus to abide by his order, he is addressed as Prabhupāda. This is the system.
(710810 - Lecture SB 01.02.02 - London)

All of a sudden, perhaps on this date, sometimes between 9 or 10 December . . . at that time, Guru Mahārāja was indisposed little, and he was staying at Jagannātha PurÄ«, on the seashore. So I wrote him letter, "My dear master, your other disciples,Ā brahmacārÄ«, sannyāsÄ«, they are rendering you direct service. And I am a householder. I cannot live with you, I cannot serve you nicely. So I do not know how can I serve you."
Simply an idea, I was thinking of serving him, "How can I serve him seriously?" So the reply was dated 13th December, 1936. In that letter he wrote, "My dear such and such, I am very glad to receive your letter. I think you should try to push our movement in English." That was his writing. "And that will good to you and to the people who will help you." That was his instruction. And then in 1936, on the 31st Decemberā€”that means just after writing this letter a fortnight before his departureā€”he passed away.
(681209 - Lecture Festival Disappearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Los Angeles)

ReligionĀ withoutĀ philosophyĀ isĀ sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, whileĀ philosophyĀ withoutĀ religionĀ isĀ mental speculation. The ultimate goalĀ isĀ Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a, because the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth come in the end to Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a consciousness. ThisĀ isĀ also stated in theĀ Bhagavad-gÄ«tā.
(BG 3.3 purport)

Reporter (2):Ā WhatĀ willĀ happen to the movement in the United States when youĀ die?
Prabhupāda:Ā IĀ willĀ neverĀ die.
Devotees:Ā <i>Jaya! Hari boli>! (laughter)
Prabhupāda:Ā IĀ shall live for my books, and youĀ willĀ utilize.
(750716 - Interview - San Francisco)

Bhaktivinod Thakur has written this song ā€Ohe Vaisnava Thakuraā€. The official Name for this song is ā€Bhajana Lalasa Song 7ā€œ. This song is taken from the book Saranagati. Bhaktivinoda Thakura prays to the pure devotees to bless him so that that he can control his senses. He prays that he should continue having faith in Hare Krishna Mantra. He pleads that let Krishna be his. This can be possible only by the mercy of a pure Vaishnava.

(1)
ohe! vaisnaba thakura, doyara sagara,
e dase koruna koriā€™
diya pada-chaya, sodho he amaya,
tomara carana dhori
(2)
chaya bega domiā€™, chaya dosa sodhiā€™,
chaya guna dehoā€™ dase
chaya sat-sańga, dehoā€™ he amare,
bosechi sańgera ase
(3)
ekaki amara, nahi paya bala,
hari-nama-sańkirtane
tumi krpa koriā€™, sraddha-bindu diya,
dehoā€™ krsna-nama-dhane
(4)
krsna se tomara, krsna dite paro,
tomara sakati ache
ami toā€™ kańgala, ā€˜krsnaā€™ ā€˜krsnaā€™ boliā€™,
dhai tava pache pache
TRANSLATION
(1)Ā O venerable Vaisnava. O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet.
(2)Ā Teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.*
(3)Ā I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sankirtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Krsna.
(4)Ā Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, ā€œKrsna! Krsna!ā€