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The Embodiment of Kåñëa’s Mercy
Glorification of Çréla Prabhupäda by
Çré Çrémad Gour Govinda Swami Mahäräja
` K.rsna Krpa Sr ī Murti . .. The Embodiment of Kåñëa’s Mercy
Table of Contents
Sapärñada-Bhagavad-Viraha-Janita-Viläpa He is Beyond Birth and Death An Opportunity to Glorify Çréla Prabhupäda Fulfilled Mahäprabhu’s Desire By the Mercy of a Dear Devotee When Good Fortune Arises Darçana of Çré Guru Paramätmä Assumes a Body The Seed of the Bhakti Creeper Çré Guru Uncovers Nitya-Siddha Bhäva A Great Revolution The First Shower of His Causeless Mercy Çréla Prabhupäda is Kåñëa-Daööa-Guru Çréla Prabhupäda Made Many Arrangements The Only Bhikñä Enter into Kåñëa-Saàsära He Opened the Door He Showered His Mercy on One and All
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Sapärñada-Bhagavad-Viraha-Janita-Viläpa Lamentation Due to Separation From the Lord and His Associates ( Prärthanä - Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura)
je änilo prema-dhana koruëä pracur heno prabhu kothä gelä äcärya-öhäkur “He who brought the treasure of divine love and who was filled with compassion and mercy — where has such a personality as Advaita Äcärya gone?”
kähä mora swarüp rüpa kähä sanätan kähä däsa raghunätha patita-pävan “Where are my Svarüpa Dämodara and Rüpa Gosvämé? Where is Sanätana? Where is Raghunätha däsa, the saviour of the fallen?” 1
` K.rsna Srī Murti . . . Krpa kähä mora bhaööa-juga kähä kaviräj eka-käle kothä gelä gorä naöa-räj “Where are my Raghunätha Bhaööa and Gopäla Bhaööa, and where is Kåñëadäsa Kaviräja? Where did Lord Gauräìga, the great dancer, suddenly go?”
päñäëe kuöibo mäthä anale paçibo gauräìga guëera nidhi kothä gele päbo “I will smash my head against the rock and enter into the fire. Where will I find Lord Gauräìga, the reservoir of all wonderful qualities?”
se-saba saìgéra saìge je koilo biläs se-saìga nä päiyä kände narottama däs “Being unable to obtain the association of Lord Gauräìga accompanied by all of these devotees in whose association He performed His pastimes, Narottama däsa simply weeps.”
hare kåñëa hare kåñëa kåñëa kåñëa hare hare hare räma hare räma räma räma hare hare
He is Beyond Birth and Death There are here two types of devotees, Oriya-speaking, and English-speaking devotees, therefore I have to speak in two languages. However, no one should feel impatient. Sit patiently and hear vaiñëava-kathä, the holy life history, pastimes and 2
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glorification of a pure devotee of Kåñëa, Vaiñëava Öhäkura, our revered spiritual master, Çré Çrémad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupädajé Mahäräja. We should understand a Vaiñëava never dies. A Vaiñëava has no birth and no death like an ordinary jéva. He is no ordinary jéva, he is beyond birth and death. As the Supreme Lord appears and disappears, similarly His dear devotee, Vaiñëava Thäkura, appears and disappears. na karma-bandhunaà janma vaiñëavänäà ca vidyate viñëur anucaratvaà hi mokñam ähur manéñiëaù “A Vaiñëava does not take birth under the jurisdiction of karmic law. His birth and disappearance are transcendental. The wise have declared that the servants of Viñëu are eternally engaged in the liberated service of the Lord and hence are free from the laws of material nature.” (Hari-bhakti-viläsa, 10.113)
The Vaiñëavas have no birth, no death and no bondage of karma. They are the dear servants of Lord Viñëu, therefore they are not ordinary human beings. They never take birth and they never die as ordinary human beings. One should not think that they take birth and die like ordinary human beings do. If one thinks in that way he will commit a great aparädha, offence.
An Opportunity to Glorify Vaiñëavas appear and disappear in the same way the Supreme Lord and His innumerable incarnations appear and disappear. The appearance and disappearance day of a Vaiñëava is as auspicious as the appearance day of the Supreme Lord. These days give us an opportunity to glorify such a devotee. A Vaiñëava 3
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is always to be glorified. He has left indestructible fame and glory here. His fame is not only chanted in the material world, it is also chanted in the spiritual world. His glories are chanted everywhere. One who glorifies such a Vaiñëava receives the mercy of that Vaiñëava, and his good fortune arises.
Çréla Prabhupäda Fulfilled Mahäprabhu’s Desire Today is the holy disappearance day of our revered spiritual master Çré Çrémad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupädajé Mahäräja, the Founder-Äcärya of the International Society for Kåñëa Consciousness. He fulfilled the desires of Çréman Mahäprabhu. Çréman Mahäprabhu had this desire: påthivéte äche yata nagarädi-gräm sarvatra pracära haibe mora näma “In every town and village on this earth the glories of My name will be chanted.”
(Caitanya-bhägavata Antya-lélä 4.126)
This was the prophecy that Mahäprabhu gave five hundred years ago that has been fulfilled by (our revered spiritual master), Çré Çrémad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, guru, the previous äcäryas and Gauräìga Mahäprabhu Himself. Otherwise no one else could do such a wonderfully miraculous thing. Kåñëa-çakti vinä nahe tära pravartana, without the assistance of kåñëa-çakti no one can do such a thing, through one’s own effort. We should understand that Çréla Prabhupäda was completely empowered, otherwise how could he fulfill the desires of Çréman Mahäprabhu? 4
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By the Mercy of a Dear Devotee Thus, this day has come to glorify our revered spiritual master. I will ask some of the devotees to glorify him and at the end I will speak something. Therefore you should sit down patiently and hear the glorifications, take part in the glorification. One who does so will gain all auspiciousness, get his mercy and be benefitted. Manohara Mätäjé, a disciple of Çréla Prabhupäda, explained in her glorification that she had come from a Christian background. Meeting Prabhupäda she came to understand that the Supreme Lord is a person, not an impersonal idea, and that He is Kåñëa. The jéva, living entity has a perfect, eternal, loving relationship with Kåñëa. The purpose of this rarely achieved human birth, durlabhaà mänuñaà janma [Bhäg. 7.6.1], is to understand Kåñëa, to know Kåñëa, to see Kåñëa, to get Kåñëa and to re-establish our lost relationship with Kåñëa. Who can do so? How will a person be established again in their eternal relationship with the Lord? This can only be done by the mercy of a very dear devotee of Kåñëa, and such a person is not easily available. He is a rare personality. One who has good fortune can meet such a person otherwise no one can meet such a person, or one may not be able to see him and thus cannot obtain his mercy
When Good Fortune Arises janasya kåñëäd vimukhasya daiväd adharma-çélasya suduùkhitasya anugrahäyeha caranti nünaà bhütäni bhavyäni janärdanasya 5
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“O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord.”
(Çrémad-Bhägavatam 3.5.3)
We have forgotten Kåñëa because of our prärabdha-karma, our past misdeeds, and we have been moving here in this material world, undergoing birth in lakhs of species of life and have been afflicted with the three täpas. Those rare personalities, dear devotees of Kåñëa, Vaiñëava Öhäkura, descend here and wander in this material world to shower their mercy on us suffering jévas. They are very merciful; to meet them is very, very auspicious, and one should understand that when good fortune arises, one may meet such a person. By the mercy of such a devotee one can understand his own true identity, who the Lord is and how to obtain Him and thus achieve the goal of this rarely achieved human birth. brahmäëòa bhramite kona bhägyavän jéva guru-kåñëa-prasäde päya bhakti-latä béja “According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate has the opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kåñëa. By the mercy of both Kåñëa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.” (Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya-lélä 19.151) 6
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Wandering and wandering in lakhs of brahmäëòas, in lakhs of species of life a jéva who is very, very fortunate receives the seed of the bhakti creeper by the mercy of guru and Kåñëa. Jévera ‘svarüpa’ haya—kåñëera ‘nitya-däsa’, the real identity of the jéva is that he is the eternal servant of Kåñëa. [Cc. Madhya 20.108] The jéva is not an inhabitant of this material universe, material brahmäëòa. He has abused his minute independence and has therefore been wandering here in the cycle of repeated birth and death, in lakhs of species of life; sometimes he is a man, sometimes a demigod or a demon, or a tree, a creeper, a worm or a germ. When good fortune arises a jéva meets sad-guru, Çri Guru. The life in which one receives the darçana of Çré Guru is a very, very successful life. That is the soul’s good fortune.
Darçana of Çré Guru Having the darçana of Gurudeva [sad-guru], truly seeing Gurudeva, means to receive his mercy. We see Gurudeva with these eyes, however if Gurudeva casts his merciful glance on us, whereby we can realise what his real svarüpa is, that he is a mahä-bhägavata then it should be understood that we are very fortunate. Otherwise we should consider ourselves unfortunate. Guru means heavy, not light. If someone obtains the darçana of such a sad-guru then it is understood that good fortune has arisen for him. We are not speaking of seeing the external body constituted of blood, flesh and bones. Darçana is not seeing the external form of guru. To see the guru’s real form, his real svarüpa, and how dear he is to Kåñëa, that is guru-darçana. That is not material darçana, but transcendental, spiritual darçana, apräkåta-darçana. If someone can see how the gaura-karuëäçakté, the mercy potency of Gaura, is moving in him, that is the 7
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darçana of guru. One who can see this is very, very fortunate. That is good fortune. Guru means he is very merciful. He is very tolerant. He always excuses our innumerable aparädhas, offences. He is very, very merciful to all jévas. He is very dear to Kåñëa. Çri Guru is a most dear and intimate associate of Kåñëa. He has come here to give us Kåñëa. He gave us Kåñëa. What do we receive from him? We receive faith. He gives us faith in Kåñëa, kåñëa-çraddhä, taste in kåñëa-kathä, kåñëa-kathä ruci, and the invaluable wealth of kåñëa-prema. That is the real darçana of guru. He is always looking at us with merciful eyes. He has taken up this resolution to deliver us from our most fallen position. Prior to the darçana of Çré Guru we were ill-fated, we had bad fortune. The day we met çré Guru, sad-guru, good fortune arose. If someone has the opportunity to meet such a guru then he begins to be freed of material bondage. When material bondage is destroyed then he has the opportunity to have the darçana of çré Guru, mahätma, mahä-bhägavata. That person is bhägyavän, he is very, very fortunate. The ill-fated jéva, having already wandered through lakhs and lakhs of brahmäëòas experiencing only misfortune, becomes fortunate by the darçana of a mahäbhägavata, kåñëa-preñöha; a dear devotee of Kåñëa. In this material word one may think his material desires are fulfilled when he meets the President of the State, Chief Minister or Prime Minister, “O, I am very fortunate.” No, this is not good fortune. We are not speaking of this fortune. There is no language to convey the fortune arising from meeting guru. Up until now a person may have been a karmé or a jïäné or bhogé or tyägé, however now, meeting sad-guru, he becomes kåñëa-däsa. This is good fortune. Then one is situated in his constitutional position, becoming kåñëa-däsa. This is good fortune. This is sva8
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bhägya. Revolving in the cycle of birth and death now comes to an end. This is good fortune. As one can see the sun only by the help of the sunshine, similarly, by the mercy of guru, sädhu, mahäjana, Vaiñëava Öhäkura, one can see guru. Otherwise no one can see the guru with material eyes, or by seeing the photo of guru or the external body of guru. That is not real darçana. Real darçana means to see the real form of guru, how he is a mahä-bhägavata, how he is a dear devotee of Kåñëa.
Paramätmä Assumes a Body näyam ätmä pravacanena labhyo na medhayä na bahunä çrutena Kaöha Upaniñad [1.2.23] states that you cannot understand the paramätmä-tattva by hearing lectures from so many karmés, jïänés, paëòitas or yogés. He who is there in the heart as caittyaguru, Paramätmä, when He assumes a body and appears before us and speaks, then we will be able to understand paramätmätattva; otherwise we cannot understand. To have the darçana of guru means to get a completely new life, new enlightenment comes. Guru-kåñëa prasäde päya bhakti-latä béja [Cc. Madhya 19.151], by the mercy of guru and Kåñëa a fortunate jéva receives the seed of the bhakti creeper.
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“Kåñëa is situated in everyone’s heart as the caittyaguru, the spiritual master within. When He is kind to some fortunate conditioned soul, He personally gives him lessons so he can progress in devotional service, instructing the person as the Supersoul within and the spiritual master without.” (Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhyalélä 22.47)
If Kåñëa showers His mercy on some fortunate jéva He appears before him as guru, and teaches. That is mercy. Therefore Gurudeva is known as kåñëa-kåpä-çré-mürti, the embodiment of kåñëa-kåpä, the mercy of Kåñëa. To get guru means to receive the mercy of Kåñëa. That is what one should understand. Gurudeva is the embodiment of the mercy of Kåñëa, kåñëa-prasäda. If one meets guru his good fortune arises because he receives the seed of the bhakti creeper. Obtaining material enjoyment, liberation, gold, kämiëé, women, or name, fame and prestige are not good fortune. The mäyä-grasta jéva, the conditioned soul thinks, “O, these are good fortune, although this is not real good fortune. What then is good fortune? Good fortune means to get bhakti, the seed of the bhakti creeper. What is the seed of the bhakti creeper? Çraddhä, unflinching faith, çästriya-çraddhä, faith in sädhu-çästra-guru-väkya; that is the seed of the bhakti creeper. Therefore what is the seed of çraddhä? The seed of çraddhä is sädhu-guru-kåpä, the mercy of sädhu-guru.
Çré Guru Uncovers Nitya-Siddha Bhäva In Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu [1.2.2] it is stated, nitya-siddhasya bhävasya präkatyam hådi sädhyatä, by the mercy of Çré Guru, sad-guru, one will develop prema-bhakti; çraddhä, rati, ruci, préti will gradually develop. Jévera ‘svarüpa’ haya—kåñëera ‘nitya 10
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däsa’, the svarüpa, the real identity of the jéva is eternal servant of Kåñëa. The nitya-siddha bhäva, the eternal perfect love, préti, bhakti, prema-bhakti, is in the jéva but it is covered over. How will the covering be removed? How will bhakti manifest? If you get guru-kåpä, the mercy of guru, the covering is lifted and bhakti will manifest. It is not that bhakti is not in the jéva. It is in the jéva, however it is not manifest, it is covered. Gurudeva only uncovers it. He causes its manifestation, nothing else. One who is able to do so, he is guru. He is a mahä-bhägavata. By his mercy we obtain the seed of the bhakti creeper. He has come to deliver me and relieve me from my distress and unhappiness. This bhäva arises in the heart on seeing the guru. kåñëa se tomära, kåñëa dite päro tomära çakati ache ämé to käìgäla ‘kåñëa’ ‘kåñëa’ boli’ dhäi tava päche päche
(Ohe Vaiñëava Öhäkura – Çréla Bhaktivinode Öhäkura)
“Kåñëa is his. He has bound Kåñëa in his heart with the rope of love. Kåñëa belongs to him. Only he can give me Kåñëa.” Therefore he will give me kåñëa-çraddhä, faith in Kåñëa, kåñëarati, kåñëa-prema. There should be unflinching faith; this is a question of faith. Seeing such a guru this faith automatically, naturally comes up, bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta-saìgena parijäyate [Båhan-näradéya Puräëa 4.33]. Bhakti is there however it is covered, it is hidden, but by the mercy of guru, bhakti arises and is uncovered. What is not there, how will it manifest? It is there. Näsato vidyate bhävo näbhävo vidyate sataù, those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the non-existent (the material body) there is no endurance, but of the eternal (the soul) there is no change. This verse is described in Bhagavadgétä [2.16]. Thus this bhakti-dhana is present, however Gurudeva 11
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makes it manifest, uncovers it. Gurudeva is wealthy in bhaktidhana, not material wealth.
A Great Revolution Guru came and gave darçana, however I am most unfortunate; I could not see him. This is most unfortunate. Try to understand what I am trying to say. It is very deep philosophy. Upon seeing him it is automatic, it is spontaneous that such bhäva arises in the heart to surrender unto him, to serve him. Then it is to be understood that that jéva is a bhägyavan-jéva, a very fortunate jéva. By hearing from him, coming in touch with him, associating with him and listening to his kathä, a faithless person becomes faithful, faith arises in his heart. He gets a new life. This is a very great incident in one’s life. This is a great revolution in the life. The flow of his life is completely reversed. The flow was channelled towards the material world or towards the objects of enjoyment. Now the flow is channelled towards Kåñëa. To see Çré Guru and sad-guru is a great revolution in life. Whatever you may be, an atheist, a scientist or a philosopher, if you are fortunate to see sad-guru, then your life will be completely changed. A new flow is there. This is bhägya, this is real good fortune. If there is no good fortune, one cannot have darçana of sad-guru. Therefore it is said: brahmäëòa bhramite kona bhägyavän jéva, guru-kåñëa-prasäde päya bhakti-latä béja [Cc. Madhya 19.151].
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makes Kåñëa enter into you. The form of Kåñëa comes later. First you have to hear. First His holy name comes, hare kåñëa hare kåñëa kåñëa kåñëa hare hare, hare räma hare räma räma räma hare hare. Uttering this mahä-mantra, putting it into our ears, this is the first shower of Çré Guru’s causeless mercy. The result is immediate. The çabda-brahma, the word, the holy name in the form of the (maha) mantra descends. That mantra frees us from our mano-dharma, mental concoctions. There are many gurus prepared to give mantra. They have made a profession of giving mantra. They are professional mantra gurus, mantra-vyavasäyé, they are always ready to give mantra. “Come here. Give me a hundred dollars; I will give you Kåñëa immediately.” This is vyavasäyé, this is their business; however what mantra can they give? The mantras they give are not real mantras, bäbä, only words, alphabet letters; they want praëäma and praëämé, they want to be worshipped and to receive money, hundreds of dollars. They cannot give you Kåñëa. You should understand this.
Çréla Prabhupäda is Kåñëa-Dätä-Guru Çréla Prabhupäda is not a mantra-dätä-guru, he is kåñëa-dätäguru, the guru who came to give you Kåñëa, to give you shelter, äçraya-dätä-guru. He taught us how to tread the devotional path, how to walk on this path. He made all nice arrangements how to follow this path leading to Vaikuëöha. In a similar way as a primary school teacher who takes the hand of a child and guides him to write A-B-C, catching hold of our hand, Çréla 13
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Prabhupäda has taught us what other gurus are not able to, what other gurus do not know. They only want praëäma and praëämé, worship and money. Therefore they have no ability to take to this path of devotional service and teach others how to tread the path. They have no ability to move there. Whereas Çréla Prabhupäda made nice arrangements for çravaëaà, kértanaà, arcanaà and vandanaà. That is his causeless mercy.
Çréla Prabhupäda Made Many Arrangements Çréla Prabhupäda did not just give a mantra and then send the disciples home. No. He opened hundreds and hundreds of ISKCON temples and centres throughout the world. He made arrangements for devotees to stay in the temple, for receiving food, prasäda, he made all nice arrangements in all ISKCON centres. Those who are gåha-tyägi, those who had already left home, they will stay there always and be engaged in hari-bhajan, in the service of Lord Hari. However those who are gåhasthas, gåhastha-çiñyas, will they stay in their gåha only? No, they should come here at intervals, to the ISKCON Mandir, temple, associate with sädhu-vaiñëavas and hear hari-kathä. There are also arrangements of many, many festivals. Every week there is a Sunday festival. Every week, every month; every year there are many festivals taking place. Gåhasthas should at least come and join during festival times. Come, join in the festival, see the festival, hear kåñëa-kathä and accept very sweet kåñëa-prasäda. Then, because you have established a relationship with guru, you are in guru-saàsära. Guru-saàsära means kåñëa-saàsära, the transcendental world. Many big festivals, kértana, ärati, arcana, are day and night 14
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24-hours going on. Come and participate. You will get so much pleasure, so much joy and blissfulness. See the very beautiful Çré-vigraha, chant and dance before Çré-vigraha, and hear kåñëakathä. Taste this nice sweet, nectarean kåñëa-prasäda, mahäprasäda. Your life will be successful and you will be relieved of all your suffering, and unhappiness. Çréla Prabhupäda made all these arrangements so we could follow this path of devotion.
The Only Bhikñä Not only that, Çréla Prabhupäda sends preachers to all corners of the world. In towns, villages, and homes, he attracts people, “Come here to our ISKCON centre, ISKCON Mandira. Stay here, take prasäda, do hari-kértana, rädhä kåñëa bolo, saìge calo ei-mätra bhikhä cäi” [Gétävalé]. “This is the only bhikñä I am begging, ‘Utter Rädhä-Kåñëa. Come with me! Come with me! Come with me!’” Gåhasthas cannot serve Rädhä-Kåñëa day and night. Whenever you have the opportunity, come to the temple. Chant Hare Kåñëa, dance and take kåñëa-prasäda. He has made all these arrangements. Çréla Prabhupäda is not only mantra-dätäguru, he is also açraya-dätä-guru. He is not a guru who only gives mantra, he also gives shelter, and he gives Kåñëa. He takes responsibility for all of his disciples.
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nice arrangements are there to develop bhakti, pure bhakti, and you will be free from your debts and obligations. Çréla Prabhupäda is supremely merciful. He never discouraged gåhasthas. You are a gåhastha, so keep aside, your mäyä-saàsära, material saàsära. Come slowly, come slowly and enter into our saàsära. There may be some delay; still we will not spare you. We will catch hold of your çikhä and drag you. This is all by Prabhupäda’s mercy. Think how merciful he is! This is Çré Çrémad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupädajé Mahäräja, a mahä-bhägavata, bhägavatottama.
He Opened the Door Çréla Prabhupäda organised so many festivals, printed so many books and magazines, constructed many beautiful temples, arranged dhäma-parikramäs of Navadvépa dhämaparikramä, and Våndävana-dhäma-parikramä. He sent preachers to all corners of the world, to every town and village, making arrangements for preaching the science of Kåñëa consciousness. He opened the door for one and all, regardless of whether one is päpé or täpé, the most degraded, sinful person or the most elevated person. That is his causeless mercy, supreme mercy, incomparable and uncommon mercy.
He Showered His Mercy on One and All Today is the holy disappearance day of Çréla Prabhupäda. If we pray for his mercy, have his darçana, hear his nectarean kathä then all auspiciousness will come to us. Our life will be successful and we will become free from material bondage. This is the real good fortune. 16
` K.rsna Srī Murti . . . Krpa
Çréla Prabhupäda has showered his mercy on one and all; on very materialistic persons, on wealthy persons, on those who cannot follow the four regulative principles, on those who cannot give up smoking bidi, who cannot give up smoking cigarettes, blowing the white flute and on those who cannot give up eating fish, meat and drinking liquor. He still tells them, “You have wealth, give something to us, and we will utilise that wealth in Kåñëa’s service.” For this reason he established Life Memberships, giving those people who otherwise would not have the opportunity to render some service whereby they will get sukåti so that in this very life or in the next life they will become a bhakta, definitely. According to your ability you may accept it. The more you accept the more auspiciousness will come to you. Thus, on this day, his holy disappearance day, I offer a prayer, “Let Çréla Prabhupäda shower his mercy on one and all.” Çréla Prabhupädajé Mahäräja ki jaya!
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Kåñëa Kåpä Çré Mürti The Embodiment of Kåñëa’s Mercy
Vaiñëavas appear and disappear in the same way the Supreme Lord and His innumerable incarnations appear and disappear. The appearance and disappearance day of a Vaiñëava is as auspicious as the appearance day of the Supreme Lord. These days give us an opportunity to glorify such a devotee. A Vaiñëava is always to be glorified. He has left indestructible fame and glory here. His fame is not only chanted in the material world, it is also chanted in the spiritual world. His glories are chanted everywhere. One who glorifies such a Vaiñëava receives the mercy of that Vaiñëava, and his good fortune arises.
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