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'''Theme Analysis''' | |||
In these intimate reflections, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that his activities are a natural expression of the soul's eternal nature. He teaches us that the spirit soul is inherently active and that spiritual life means shifting our energy from sense gratification to the service of Kṛṣṇa. He views his global preaching and his heavy task of writing as the execution of the will of his Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Śrīla Prabhupāda shares that the secret of his success is simply being a faithful servant of the paramparā, presenting the message of Kṛṣṇa without any personal adulteration. Even as he considers retirement, his heart remains fixed on providing us with his books, which he considers his main function and his lasting gift to the world. | |||
* '''The Active Nature of the Soul:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda reminds us that we are spirit souls and therefore naturally active. He encourages us to be busily engaged in the saṅkīrtana movement, explaining that true pleasure comes from working for Kṛṣṇa's satisfaction rather than seeking a state of void or silence. | |||
* '''Preaching as the Highest Priority:''' To Śrīla Prabhupāda, preaching is the foremost activity of the spiritual mission. He shows us that the movement's strength lies in its activity and the sincerity of its members, rather than in large buildings or material opulence. | |||
* '''The Vital Service of Publication:''' Despite the physical toll, Śrīla Prabhupāda views the translation and publication of his books as his most essential task. He shares how he feels encouraged by Kṛṣṇa's grace to work day and night to ensure these transcendental literatures reach us. | |||
* '''Faithfulness to the Disciplic Succession:''' Every success in Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission is attributed to his loyalty to his predecessors. He presents himself as a humble student and servant, proving that the spiritual master is truly present when his instructions are followed without change. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:My Activities — Prabhupāda Executing the Will of His Guru Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura|My Activities — Prabhupāda Executing the Will of His Guru Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.]] | |||
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Theme Analysis
In these intimate reflections, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that his activities are a natural expression of the soul's eternal nature. He teaches us that the spirit soul is inherently active and that spiritual life means shifting our energy from sense gratification to the service of Kṛṣṇa. He views his global preaching and his heavy task of writing as the execution of the will of his Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Śrīla Prabhupāda shares that the secret of his success is simply being a faithful servant of the paramparā, presenting the message of Kṛṣṇa without any personal adulteration. Even as he considers retirement, his heart remains fixed on providing us with his books, which he considers his main function and his lasting gift to the world.
- The Active Nature of the Soul: Śrīla Prabhupāda reminds us that we are spirit souls and therefore naturally active. He encourages us to be busily engaged in the saṅkīrtana movement, explaining that true pleasure comes from working for Kṛṣṇa's satisfaction rather than seeking a state of void or silence.
- Preaching as the Highest Priority: To Śrīla Prabhupāda, preaching is the foremost activity of the spiritual mission. He shows us that the movement's strength lies in its activity and the sincerity of its members, rather than in large buildings or material opulence.
- The Vital Service of Publication: Despite the physical toll, Śrīla Prabhupāda views the translation and publication of his books as his most essential task. He shares how he feels encouraged by Kṛṣṇa's grace to work day and night to ensure these transcendental literatures reach us.
- Faithfulness to the Disciplic Succession: Every success in Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission is attributed to his loyalty to his predecessors. He presents himself as a humble student and servant, proving that the spiritual master is truly present when his instructions are followed without change.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: My Activities — Prabhupāda Executing the Will of His Guru Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
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Pages in category "My Activities (Prabhupada)"
The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
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- A spiritual master needn't be very enthusiastic for constructing temple buildings simply in the name of so-called spiritual advancement. Rather, his first and foremost activity should be to preach
- As I am getting old, I wish to retire from an active part. Of course, I shall be behind the scene, but I am thinking of writing a constitutional will on my return from Europe
- As you want to publish a comprehensive article about my activities in the Kalyana, I think it is proper to give you a short history of my coming to the western world
B
- Because God is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (BS 5.1) - He's all-pleasure - therefore, without many, there is no pleasure. Just like here I sit down the whole day alone, but I become more active and more pleasing when you come
- Building is not very important. Work is important. Activity is important. I started my movement not with buildings, but real activity. So building is opulence. You can do without opulence. You can start anything, even underneath a tree
- By nature I am active. By nature, because I am spirit, and by nature I am active. And my activities are exhibited even I am contaminated with this matter. And when you become purified from matter, do you think you shall be silent?
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- I act like a king because no one can defeat me
- I am always thinking of you, and I am feeling separation. I wish to return at the earliest opportunity. I cannot stop my western world activities
- I am just trying to write my books, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Nectar of Devotion, and Krishna, and lately Vedanta Sutra. So certainly this is heavy task but by the Grace of Krishna, it does not depress me. I feel encouraged to act so busily day and night
- I am not taking any very great active part. They are doing. I am simply reading
- I am very glad that Jaya Hari Dalmia was in the temple, and I hope you received him well. His father is a great friend of my activities
- I am very much pleased that a learned scholar like you is prepared to cooperate with our preaching activities. If you kindly come in Calcutta along with your papers, I shall be very glad to meet you and talk with you on the subject matter
- I am very much pleased that you are interested in my scheme at Jyotisar, I think that I shall require your help when this plan is in action. If you have time you can come to Vrindaban to discuss some important matters
- I am very much pleased to get your inquiries about my activities, and within a week I shall prepare everything nicely and send to you
- I cannot stop my western world activities and I have taken leave from you for only six months; and it may be that on or before I will come to you again
- I did not attempt in the beginning. I started my activities when I was seventy years old
- I say, the secret of my wonderful activities is that I have not tried to adulterate it
- I think it is Krishna's desire that now I shall shift my activities at least for some time in the European countries
- I think that His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is always seeing my activities and guiding me within my heart by his words
- In India there is already a party who are prepared to criticize my activities in the matter of offering sacred thread to the so-called mlecchas according to their calculation
- In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana bhajana
- In the matter of my activities of spreading the objective of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, I am prepared to cooperate with the Gaudiya Mission in all respects
- Instead of devoting yourself to solitude, why not come with me and travel in foreign countries for some time? This will help you to obtain direct experience of our activities, and maybe you can become a preacher like me
- It is not that because I am acting as guru, I am no longer student. No, I am still student
M
- Many Swamis before me came in the Western countries, they say nobody could act so wonderfully as I am doing. Perhaps it is right. But I do not know how such things are happening. The only reason can be adduced is I am presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is
- My activities in London were begun as early as September, 1968
- My plan is that personally I shall try to retire from active participation, but I want a place where I can live with at least 15 devotees engaged in editorial work, recording work, photographic work, painting work, etc
P
- Perhaps you have information about my activities in the Western countries and the cult of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu being nicely transplanted in the Western countries
- Personally I have no credit for myself, but I am trying to act as faithful servant of my predecessors and just presenting without any adulteration the message which I have received from my Spiritual Master
- Practically my health does not permit me to take up any active management or administration. I should now retire and GBC should kindly give me relief in this connection. Now our organization is expanding. We must have good GBC management
S
- So far as I am concerned, as I already told you, after this European tour I am going to retire from active work and retire for writing books
- So far my health is concerned, there was a slight indication of a heart attack but it was not very acute. Krishna saved me. I have had many times such slight heart attacks since 1970 but it does not hamper my activities in Krishna Consciousness
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- There are many disciples of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, but to judge who is actually his disciple, to divide the useful from the useless, one must measure the activities of such disciples in executing the will of the spiritual master
- They have tried to suppress our activities in many ways, but as far as we are concerned, we follow in the footsteps of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and take them as envious pigs and hogs
- This publication work is my main function. So at any rate I cannot stop it. I can stop my foreign activities but I cannot stop my publication work