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video: Srila Prabhupada in New York City in 1966
Chapter Five, Knowing Krishna’s Energies — […] In this century, for instance, we have attempted to put out the fire of war, but it has not been possible. There was a First World War, and then a League of Nations was formed to try to prevent a second, but despite their attempts a second took place.
Now a United Nations has been constructed to help end war, but war is going on in Vietnam, in Egypt, in Pakistan and other places. No one wants a Third World War, but it seems imminent.
It is not possible to send a fire brigade, a few men with buckets of water, to extinguish a great fire in the forest.
To extinguish a roaring forest fire there must be volumes of water; in other words, there must be an arrangement that is beyond human endeavor. When there is a merciful cloud over the forest fire, the cloud bursts, rain pours down in torrents, and the blazing fire is immediately extinguished.
As a cloud collects water from the ocean, similarly the spiritual master collects water from Krishna’s ocean of mercy and pours it over the blazing fire of material existence. Thus one who bestows or distributes the merciful rain of Krishna is called a spiritual master or guru. ~ Elevation To Krishna Consciousness, Ch 5
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