Srila Prabhupada

 

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)