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Years have passed, and the days when Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja met my spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, seem remote and far away. They are not. Both Prabhupadas, Bhaktisiddhanta and Bhaktivedanta, are identical in their message and mission. The only existing autobiography of Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja, written by Bhakti Vikasa Swami, was written to demonstrate the identical purpose and mission of both spiritual giants.
The days of ISKCON when everybody who joined Srila Prabhupada’s movement was found either on public harinama or engaged in book distribution are gone.
“When you preach, the management will follow you like a shadow.”
said Srila Prabhupada to his secretary.
Considering the forces directed by the Supreme Lord, we are all small men.
(I abstain in this article to please the feminists from always adding “and women,” as Srila Prabhupada used the word “men” in terms of “human beings.”)
The following essay is a mere collection of thoughts based on the author’s search for reality.
There are those who love to speak about love and who advocate peace in a global universal oneness of humankind.
It was Srila Prabhupada who first exposed the trickery of wicked men to impose upon women that they are free and self-sufficient.
Those who do not die prematurely are certain to grow old and face increased invalidity. A sober ageing man will manifest the following symptoms:
No godbrother ever reached out to conditioned souls in the age of his children and grandchildren and inspired them as Srila Prabhupada did. Empowered especially to preach in the West, one godbrother later commented on Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual power, “Swami Bhaktivedanta dug a tunnel to the West we now all can walk through.”
Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of Krishna Consciousness was scientific.
