Before all, I salute you with a deep respect, all the glories to you, all my obeisances to you, to Srila Prabhupada and, also, to all devotees of our Lord, Sri Krsna. I ask you, Guru Maharaj, beforehand, to forgive me for any mistake or offense I could do... I'm just a neophyte, a very very fallen one.
I hope you remember me, this is the third time I write to you, my name is Carlos, I'm from Santiago of Chile. I'm Visvanath's brother in law. We had a first talk 2 years ago, an interview for a magazine, in the cultural center of the government palace. This year we had others brief conversations into the ISKCON Congress in Chile.
HpS - ASA - Yes, we remember you! You are a genius. You will get the Noble Prize for Journalism!
A few weeks ago, you gave me a first instruction through this blog : "...write again after a few weeks more of following Srila Prabhupada..." Later you gave me a second instruction: "... write us a story about Krsna here..."
So, I have written a brief monographic essay in which I intend fulfill both instructions. Before, I want to clarify that I am just a simple charlatan who, thanks to your mercy, Guru Maharaj, is trying to communicate what you order to me. Here I go:
THE DREAM OF SRILA PRABHUPADA
Srila Prabhupada is the person because of whom and his mercy we all are recovering the memory about who we really are. He is the spiritual master of anyone who has connected in the west world with Krsna Consciousness, and also of many many people in India and east.
My feeling is that every genuine aspiring to devotee of the Lord that has known Krsna Consciousness in the west or thanks to the invaluable and eternal legacy of Srila Prabhupada, should answer each day the following question for self: how can I please Srila Prabhupada and his followers? By the same way and understanding that we are fallen, so fallen that we don't even know why we're stuck in this material world, so fallen that we can't realize that most of the time we're acting like servants of maya more than servants of Krsna, we must ask ourselves everyday: why Krsna has given me so much mercy if I really do not deserve it?
I feel that anyone who yearns to become a servant of the servant of the servant of Krsna must respect and revere the legacy of Srila Prabhupada, above all. Also, I think many gurus from other gaudiyas can get some success and recognition worldwide preaching today. This is so wonderful and it is exclusively thanks to the work done by Srila Prabhupada during the last 12 years of his existence on this transitory earth. He paved the way, he opened the hearts of the world and the future generations over the next thousands of years, this is irrefutable.
Humbleness: Srila Prabhupada wanted that his followers can have the mercy of Krsna and success in their lives and be happy. He never presented himself as the guru of the group, but as a servant. Once said "... I have not done anything magical, Krsna Consciousness is present in all of us, but we must make it live again ..."
Srila Prabhupada said that his american disciples can save the USA country, that mission was in their hands, he gave them the method, but they should execute it. I apply that phrase to us, aspiring devotees disseminated around the world, we have got the same mission, because what was happening in USA still happening today around the world, it's what globalization is, process that should be called "americanization", because they have sold the "american dream" to the whole world. So, we must replace that "american dream" for the "dream of Srila Prabhupada", this is the only dream that will make us wake up.
Srila Prabhupada's ambition was to replace the mundane literature for transcendental one. At least, every house should have a literary work about Krsna Consciousness, he argued, because if someone read only one page, their life would be directed towards perfection.
He saw everything into Krsna Consciousness and with the eyes of the Scriptures.
Then now I will share some of his teachings that have been very usefull to me over the past few months:
... ASA - Hoop! After this is too much for one Blog letter. Send it in smaller parts! What we read above is very nice!!! Very challenging for us.
All blessings to you, your disciples and any people around you...
Your aspiring disciple and servant,
Carlos Rold.
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