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Prabhupada's Authorized Autobiography is now in Print!
SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
The
Pastimes of His Divine Grace
A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"I AM THE
KICKING GOD"
"I AM THE SHOE
BEATER GOD"
As soon as somebody says, "I am
God," kick him
on his face. "Yes, you are God, I
am God. I am the kicking God." (laughter) That should be the answer.
"I am the shoe-beater God. Now you protecty ourself if you are God."
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
Prabhupada: I take
little rest during daytime. So on the whole, three to four hours. But
actually I do not like to sleep.
George Harrison:
No, it's a waste of time.
Prabhupada: I
think it is, when I go to sleep, I think that now I'm going to waste
my time. I actually think like that.
George Harrison:
What's the word for..., the call it a little, little death. Sleep is
the little death.
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
The pure devotee lives constantly in
the abode
of the Supreme Lord, even in the present body,
which apparently belongs to this world.
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
So Calcutta became
devastated. All people practically left Calcutta. Daily hundreds and
hundreds of people were dying. I was one year old or one and a half
year old. I have seen what was happening, but there was plague
epidemic......the plague was subsided by sankirtana movement.
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
36 years before the New York
Disaster
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"Therefore he is the powerful,
authorized agent of Krsna"
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"Without saying
anything I laid down, wrapping myself with quilt. So that time I
was rising: "Is it ended? The riot is ended?" I was asking. I
remember. So I would have been killed in that riot. So I have got
experience of this riot. That is the first riot in Calcutta, in
1911....Saved. Krsna saved. Unless Krsna saves, who can? So I had
the experience of riot in Calcutta in my childhood"
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"Vaisnava is the ocean of mercy. There is no end. As you cannot, I mean to say, draw all the waters from the ocean, it is not possible. Similarly, a Vaisnava, a devotee, ocean of mercy. You can draw from it as much mercy as you like; still, it is full." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"I am seeing God every moment"
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"I am the only intelligent person. (laughter) That's a fact." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"Sometimes in the year 1931
or '32 I had a very severe tooth pain. So I was taken by my
servant in the jungle to some, this vaidya. They cured me, and the
dentist could not. "
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
But amongst the
gopis and the cowherds boy and the Vrndavana inhabitants, there is
no business. "We love Krsna unconditionally. That's all. We do not
know anything except Krsna." This is Vrndavana atmosphere.
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"A mahatma is rare
and transcendental, and he is a pure devotee of Lord Krsna.
Foolish people consider Krsna a human being, and they consider
Lord Krsna's pure devotee
an ordinary human
being also."
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"My Guru Maharaja was very kind upon me because I was very much
interested to hear him. That you know. I hear him. I did not
understand him, actually. In the beginning I could not understand
him. He was speaking in so high philosophical way that it was
not...
Still, I wanted to hear him. That was my only qualification."
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"A pure devotee of the Lord does not live on any planet of the material sky, nor does he feel any contact with material elements.....He is always in the spiritual sky, which he attains by being transcendental to the sevenfold material covering by the effect of his devotional service." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"Sometimes
an ever-liberated personal associate of the
Supreme
Personality of Godhead descends into this universe
just
as the Lord descends. Although working for the liberation
of conditioned
souls, the messenger of the Supreme Lord
remains
untouched by the material energy."
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"A pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"a maha-bhagavata, a highly elevated pure devotee, sees the Lord everywhere, as well as within the heart of everyone. This is possible for devotees who have developed elevated devotional service to the Lord." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"A nitya-siddha devotee comes from Vaikuntha upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and shows by his example how to become a pure devotee" |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Only out of His immense compassion does the Personality of Godhead reveal Himself as the spiritual master. Therefore in the dealings of an acarya there are no activities but those of transcendental loving service to the Lord. He is the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead. It is worthwhile to take shelter of such a steady devotee, who is called asraya-vigraha, or the manifestation or form of the Lord of whom one must take shelter." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "When the Lord is unhappy because of the condition of the fallen souls, the devotee consoles Him, saying, "My dear Lord, do not be in anxiety." This is service."
"One who tries to relieve Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's anxiety for
the fallen souls is certainly a most dear
and confidential
devotee of the Lord."
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Any living being acting as the incarnation of Lord Visnu is thus empowered by Lord Visnu to preach the bhakti cult. Such a person can act like Lord Visnu and defeat demons by arguments and preach the bhakti cult exactly according to the principles of sastra." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Because a pure devotee has no thought other than Krsna, he is naturally always joyful. He does not lament for any material loss or gain because he is full in the service of the Lord." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "The conditioned soul within the material world can neither understand nor appreciate how the devotee in the material world can render confidential service to the Lord out of feelings of ecstatic love and always engage in pleasing the Supreme Lord's senses. Although seen within this material world, the pure devotee always engages in the confidential service of the Lord." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Since the perfect yogi tries to broadcast the importance of becoming Krsna conscious, he is the best philanthropist in the world, and he is the dearest servitor of the Lord. Na tasmat kascid me priyakrt tamah. In other words, a devotee of the Lord always looks to the welfare of all living entities, and in this way he is factually the friend of everyone." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges waters. But one can be sanctified at once by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Similarly,
a devotee who is dependent on Krsna in everything, and if somebody does harm to him,
insults him, Krsna will never tolerate"
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "a person who is reputed as a great devotee has the greatest reputation for a devotee not only lives forever in the Vaikuntha planets, but by his reputation he also lives forever within this material world." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"The devotees of the Lord are so forbearing that even though they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even killed, they are never inclined to avenge themselves." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS " Such an acarya, or spiritual master, should be considered non-different from Krsna--that is, he should be considered the incarnation of Lord Krsna's potency. Such a personality is krsnalingita-vigraha--that is, he is always embraced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Such a Vaisnava is always aware of his Krsna conscious duty, and he is enlightened in self-realization. He is always in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and this love is without adulteration. Because of this love, he is always awake to transcendental realization. Because he knows that Krsna consciousness is the basis of knowledge and action, he sees everything connected with Krsna. Such a person is able to chant the holy name of perfectly." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Because of his development of transcendental attachment for the Supreme Lord, a surrendered soul feels the presence of his beloved everywhere, and all his senses are engaged in the loving service of the Lord." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "As soon as a pure devotee engages himself in the pure devotional service of hearing, chanting and remembering the name, fame and activities of the Lord, at once He becomes visible to the transcendental eyes of the pure devotee by reflecting Himself on the mirror of the heart by spiritual television." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "Pure devotees are so absorbed in thought of Krsna that they have no other engagement; although they may seem to think or act otherwise, they are always thinking of Krsna." "The smile of such a Krsna conscious person is so attractive that simply by smiling he wins so many admirers, disciples and followers." |
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SRILA
PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS
"the devotees of Lord Caitanya are so powerful that each one of them can deliver a universe." "a devotee, by his personal devotional service, can influence all the people of the whole world to become devotees of the Lord. If there is only one pure devotee in pure Krsna consciousness, he can change the total consciousness of the world into Krsna consciousness." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "one who is surcharged with such transcendental love of Godhead can without difficulty see the Personality of Godhead in every atom and every movable or immovable object. And at the same time he can see the Personality of Godhead in His own abode, Goloka, enjoying eternal pastimes with His eternal associates." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "The entire world is purified simply by the appearance of such a great devotee. By his presence the whole world is glorified, and all conditioned souls--due to his transcendental presence--are also glorified." |
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SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMTRA AS IT IS "It is stated herein that such sages, including Narada Muni, hardly ever travel on land; they are perpetually traveling in space." |
