Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupāda: “Europeans and Americans will come, and they will dance here with the chanting, ‘ Jaya Śacīnandana!’ ” So that is being done.
So when they chant and dance, I simply remember Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. That’s all. I pray to Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, “Now they have come to your shelter. Give them protection.” That’s all. What can I do more? I cannot do anything more.
(740306 – Morning Walk – Mayapur)
Quote of the Day
The transcendental vibration from the mouth of a pure devotee is so powerful that it can revive the living entity’s memory of his eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead…As expressed in a song by Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda, Lord Caitanya says, jīva jāga, jīva jāga. The Lord asks every sleeping living entity to get up and engage in devotional service so that his mission in this human form of life may be fulfilled. This awakening voice comes through the mouth of a pure devotee.
(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.20.25 purport)