Śrīla Prabhupāda: “My Guru Mahārāja”

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Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Praṇati

नम ॐ विष्णु-पादाय कृष्ण-प्रेष्ठाय भू-तले
श्रीमते भक्तिसिद्धान्त-सरस्वतीति नामिने

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī,
who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

Śrīla Prabhupāda gives all credit to his Guru Mahārāja

Śrīla Prabhupāda offen referred to ”My Guru Mahārāja”. Śrīla Prabhupāda always gave credit for His preaching success to His Guru Mahārāja. Below is small Compilation entitled “My Guru Mahārāja” on various subject-matters which we have not posted before…

Prabhupāda: …In Los Angeles many fathers and mothers used to come to see me to express their feelings of gratitude for my leading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement throughout the entire world. Some of them said that it is greatly fortunate for the Americans that I have started the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in America. But actually the original father of this movement is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, since it was started a very long time ago but is coming down to human society by disciplic succession. If I have any credit in this connection, it does not belong to me personally, but it is due to my eternal spiritual master, His Divine Grace Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja Prabhupāda..” (from Preface to Bhagavad-gītā As It Is – Macmillan 1972 Edition)

My Guru Mahārāja

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja gave me a task and always I was discouraged by my god-brothers, but I did not forget him even for a moment, and I was determined to follow my duty, even though sometimes I did not like to do it.
Letter to: Satsvarūpa  — Vrindaban 5 November, 1972

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say that in the world there is no problem, no scarcity. The only problem is that the people are not Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is the problem.
Room Conversation — July 17, 1972, London

Prabhupāda: I consider you all as representative of my Guru Maharaj to help me in this helpless condition. My Godbrothers did not help me but my Spiritual Master has helped me. So do not think that I can ever forget you even for a moment.
Letter to: Kīrtanānanda  —  San Francisco 7 April, 1967

Prabhupāda: We should always be very careful to give full respect to those who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge before us.  Even a slight change will spoil it.  That is why I have always been so careful to give you only those things which I have heard from my Guru Maharaj.
Letter to: Satsvarūpa and Hansadutta  —  Vrindaban 29 August, 1967

Prabhupāda: Whatever I am doing, it is due to the work of my Guru Maharaj. Actually, He is the power behind me, and I am only instrument.
Letter to: Bali Mardan  —  Tittenhurst Park, England October 4th,  1969

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja, was always enthusiastic in opening the centers in busy cities. Our centers are not practically secluded ashrams for so-called peaceful meditation. We are for activities and fighting like the battle of Kurukshetra. Chatianya Mahāprabhu’s mission is to awaken the sleeping humanity under the spell of Māyā.
Letter to: Bali Mardan  —  7, Bury Place London, England November 16, 1969 

Prabhupāda: My guru maharaj used to spend lots of money on doll exhibitions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So I am sure that if we make doll exhibitions very prominent many tourists and visitors will throng in our temples.
Letter to: Jayatīrtha:  —  Vrindaban 14 September, 1974

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja, if somebody would write some article, he would hear, he would simply see how many times there is Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya. Then he’ll pass, “Yes, it is all right.” [laughter] .
The Nectar of Devotion — January 10, 1973, Bombay

Prabhupāda: I also do not feel separation from my Guru Mahārāja. When I am engaged in His service His pictures give me sufficient strength. To serve the Spiritual Master’s word is more important than to serve him physically.
Letter to: Śyāmasundara  —  Los Angeles 19 July, 1970

Prabhupāda: By our expending energy for Kṛṣṇa, that is appreciated, not the actual result of our energy. But if there is lack of energy being devoted for some purpose, then everything will be delayed and possibly stopped. Better to seize the iron while the fire is hot, that my Guru Mahārāja used to tell me.
Letter to: Dhanañjaya  —  Bombay 31 December, 1972        

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say that “If people do not come to hear this philosophy, don’t be discouraged. You sit down in a room and try to preach. The four walls will hear you. Don’t be disappointed.”
Lecture-Day after Śrī Gaura-Pūrṇimā — March 5, 1969, Hawaii

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say that “This material world is not fit for living for any gentleman.” He used to say. “No gentleman can live here.”
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.15 — February 22, 1976, Māyāpur

Prabhupāda: Therefore my Guru Mahārāja used to say, “Poor fund of knowledge.” Whenever he used to designate these Māyāvādī philosophers, he would say, “Poor fund of knowledge.”
Initiation  — May 21, 1969, New Vrindaban

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say, “Do not go to Vṛndāvana with return ticket.” So therefore it is very confidential.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.61 — August 28, 1975, Vṛndāvana
[Conclusion: If one has actually seen Vrindavana, one would not want to leave Vrindavana]

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say that although this process is guaranteed, but don’t wait for another life. Finish this business in this life.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.20–21 — September 17, 1976, Vṛndāvana

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja has declared that the real life of a man is preaching. If one has at all got any life in him then he will preach.
Letter to: Upendra  —  Bombay 4 January, 1971

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja said that  Instead of earning livelihood by showing the Deity in the temple, it is better to take the profession of a sweeper in the street and live honestly. He said like that. The sweeper, he is working hard, toiling, and getting some money and living. This is honest living.
Room Conversation  — September 21, 1973, Bombay

Prabhupäda: My Guru Mahäräja used to say—that “Don’t try to see God. Do in such a way that God will see you.” Similarly, don’t try to advise God, but follow the advice of God. That is our way.
Morning Walk — January 22, 1976, Mäyäpur

Prabhupāda: That is the version of my Guru Mahäräja. The whole so-called human society means a bunch of cheaters and cheated. That’s all.   So don’t be cheater; don’t be cheated. That is intelligence.
Morning Walk — March 14, 1976, Māyāpur

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja, sometimes he used to lament because so many disciples he had, but nobody was coming out very nice preacher. He was lamenting, “So only kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs. We are keeping simply people in the kaniṣṭha-adhikāra and engaging them in the arcana-mārga.” So that is not required.
The Nectar of Devotion — November 4, 1972, Vṛndāvana

Prabhupāda: We have learned from our Guru Mahārāja that preaching is very, very important thing, and when one is actually an experienced preacher, then he is able to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without any offense.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.19 — September 16, 1976, Vṛndāvana

Prabhupāda: Yes. My Guru Mahārāja used to say that don’t accept spiritual life for living. Just like we are sending the saṅkīrtana party. If we take it, “Oh, it is very easy method for living without working. We are getting money for our livelihood,” this is not wanted.
Bhagavad-gītā 3.6–10 — December 23, 1968, Los Angeles

Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say, If there is one moon in the sky that is sufficient to dissipate all darkness. There is no need of thousands or millions of stars. So our movement, if anyone, through all men in the world, can understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will do tremendous good to the people.
The Evolutionists

Vyāsa-pūjā Offering to His Divine Grace
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, 1961
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
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