Мадана-мохан дас: лекции, статьи

ПОДНОШЕНИЕ ШРИЛЕ ПРАБХУПАДЕ В ДЕНЬ ЕГО ВЬЯСА-ПУДЖИ Dear Srila Prabhupada, nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami writes in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita (Adi-lila 2.2): "O my merciful Lord Caitanya, may the nectarean Ganges waters of Your transcendental activities flow on the surface of my desertlike tongue. Beautifying these waters are the lotus flowers of singing, dancing and loud chanting of Krsna's holy name, which are the pleasure abodes of unalloyed devotees. These devotees are compared to swans, ducks and bees. The river's flowing produces a melodious sound that gladdens their ears." In your purport to this verse, you explain: "Lord Caitanya's movement of Krsna consciousness is full of dancing and singing about the pastimes of Lord Krsna. It is compared herein to the pure waters of the Ganges, which are full of lotus flowers. The enjoyers of these lotus flowers are the pure devotees, who are like bees and swans. They chant like the flowing of the Ganges, the river of the celestial kingdom." In his Vyasa-puja offering to you this year, your dear disciple and our dear Guru Maharaja, Mukunda Goswami, adds to this comparison: "Srila Prabhupada, you are the truly big wave—the unassailable, faultless big wave, the all-perfect sadhu, resident of Lord Krsna's house, the worldwide influencer who enables all to accept the essence of Krsna consciousness philosophy. All glories to you, who deserve this position as the biggest of the big waves." The Ganges river of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement was flowing before you appeared, but you became its biggest wave—inundating the entire world and attracting millions to its lotus flowers of singing and dancing. You also took transcendental pride in seeing them transformed into pure devotees by your mercy: "Everywhere people express this astonishment, and we take great pride in the transcendental behavior of our students. Such wonders are possible, however, only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They are not ordinary or mundane.” (CC Adi-lila 17.1, purport) "So one who does not indulge in the habit of speculation, nor tries to gain something by his work, but simply engages himself in the service of the Lord, is called a pure devotee. Such pure devotees are very rare. But by the grace of Krsna, practically all the devotees and disciples who have kindly joined me—their symptoms are those of pure devotees. Even if they have some ulterior desire, that will be removed very soon, because they have taken to the pure process of Krsna consciousness.” (Letter to Janaki — Seattle, 13 October 1968) "I am so grateful to you and the other devotees of the Krsna consciousness society that it gives me great pride that Krsna has given me the association of such nice boys.” (Letter to Tamala Krsna — Montreal, 19 August 1968) "I am very glad and proud also that you six boys and girls, although you have not been able to establish a nice center in London, still you have done your best. And the news has reached far away in India that my disciples are doing very nice work in Krsna consciousness. So that is my pride.” (Letter to Mukunda — New Vrindaban, 27 May 1969) Dear Srila Prabhupada, you have not simply attracted countless souls to the lotus flowers of singing and dancing, but have also accepted them as your eternal wards: "So far as I am concerned, I have accepted you as my disciple and you have accepted me as your spiritual father. This relationship cannot be ended anymore. It is eternal. So it will be my duty always to pray to Krsna for your further and further improvement in Krsna consciousness, and you should go on serving this movement to your best capacity.” (Letter to Rayarama — Los Angeles, 8 July 1969) "Any good soul who approaches me once for spiritual enlightenment is supposed to be depending on my responsibility to get him back to Krsna, back to home. (…) [A] bona fide spiritual master never lets go a devotee once accepted.” (Letter to Umapati — Calcutta, 23 November 1967) And you also called upon your disciples and followers to contribute to your transcendental family by exemplifying Vaisnava qualities and behavior: "I have noted your several complaints against the devotees, but it would be better to set the example rather than to criticize the defects of the devotees. We should always remember that we recruit members from people in general. It is not expected that every one of our members should immediately be of the standard qualification. The best thing for you is to set the example by your personal behavior and try to reform the others—not by criticizing but by friendly behavior. If sometimes there are any disagreements, we should try to forget such incidents and always be in friendship with each other.” (Letter to Vrinda — Nairobi, 14 October 1971) Dear Srila Prabhupada, on this most auspicious day of the tidal wave of your appearance in the Ganges of Lord Caitanya's movement, please bless me to always remain in the waters of your ever-swelling ISKCON, following your swan-like unalloyed devotees as they flock around the lotus flowers of singing, dancing, and loud chanting of Lord Krsna's holy name, and to be of some useful service to them in their service to you. Begging to remain a servant of your servants, Madana-mohan dasa