Category:I Am So Much Obliged (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda's expressions of being "so much obliged" offer a deeply moving glimpse into the heart of a pure Vaiṣṇava. Despite being the founder-ācārya of a worldwide spiritual movement and an exalted spiritual master, he never took the service of his disciples for granted. Instead, he constantly expressed a profound sense of gratitude and obligation toward them. This category reveals four distinct dimensions of his gratitude. First, he felt deeply obliged to his followers for helping him execute the monumental order of his spiritual master, seeing their cooperation as the highest expression of love. Second, he expressed immense obligation whenever his books were published and distributed, recognizing this as the core of his mission. Third, he felt a special indebtedness to the American boys and girls who boldly took up Kṛṣṇa consciousness and helped him plant the seeds of the movement in the West. Finally, his gratitude was incredibly personal; he felt obliged for their prayers, their physical care during his illnesses, and their simple, honest affection, often comparing their care to the love he received from his own father.
- Obliged for Help in Fulfilling His Guru's Order: He viewed the sincere assistance of his disciples not as his personal due, but as a tremendous help in discharging his duties to his spiritual master.
- Gratitude for Book Publication and Distribution: He felt hundredfold enlivenment and deep obligation toward anyone who worked to publish, translate, or distribute his transcendental literature.
- Indebtedness to the American Youth: He frequently expressed profound thanks to the young American boys and girls, and their country, for giving him the practical foundation to spread the movement globally.
- Personal Affection and Care: He reciprocated his disciples' devotion with deep personal gratitude, thanking them for their prayers, their loving care, and their faithful adherence to his instructions.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: I Am So Much Obliged - Prabhupāda's Heartfelt Gratitude to His Disciples.
Pages in category "I Am So Much Obliged (Prabhupada)"
The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
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- As I want to open this cultural centre first in New York, I shall be very much obliged if you will kindly let me know the procedure in this matter
- As the son cannot repay the father, so I cannot repay the obligation I owe to you, but my sincere blessings are always upon you because you have tried to help me in a very critical time
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- From the very beginning of your meeting with me you have very sincerely & honestly carried out my orders & I am so much obliged to you for your simple and plain behavior
- From your letter I can understand that you are always working hard and trying to improve things there. I am very much obliged to you for this and please go on in this spirit more and more improving the temple atmosphere
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- I am (Prabhupada) so much obliged to you that you are trying to get my books published somehow or other. I can simply pray to Krishna for your long life and valuable service to Krishna
- I am also obliged to them (my students) because they are helping me in this missionary work. At the same time, I shall request them all to become spiritual master. Every one of you should be spiritual master next
- I am also very much obliged to you as you have shown to me so much mercy, even by illustrating my photograph instead of your goodness
- I am especially obliged to the American boys and girls who are helping me so much in spreading this Krsna consciousness movement in the Western countries
- I am feeling now very much obliged to my, this Godbrother, that he carried out the wish of my spiritual master and enforced me to accept this sannyasa order
- I am glad to learn that you are coming to San Francisco for the Rathayatra Ceremony, and I am so much obliged to you for contributing each month for the book fund
- I am so much grateful to you both, husband and wife, that you are so much helping me to fulfill the order of my Guru Maharaja. Surely Krishna will give you all facility for making our Trinidad center a grand success. Surely He will bless you more & more
- I am so much obliged for your loving presentation of sweets, balusai, handkerchief, painting, flower, simply wonderful, sacred thread, dhupa, and gopicandana, and I have immediately tasted all the preparations
- I am so much obliged to you for the fine sentiment you have expressed in connection with my humble service; but this is not very extraordinary - every human being, for his own interest, should accept a Spiritual Master and abide by His order
- I am so much obliged to you for your devotion and affection for me. I thought of you all throughout my journey from Francisco to New York and I was praying to Lord Krishna for your more and more advancement in Krishna Consciousness
- I am so much obliged to you for your kindly offering me your service. You are rightly placed by Krishna's Grace under Brahmananda, and you try to follow his instructions
- I am so much obliged to you for your nice sentiments. Krishna will bless you. Both husband and wife and Karandhara husband and wife, improve temple management more and more
- I am so much obliged to you for your valued cooperation in spreading my movement of Krsna Consciousness throughout the whole world
- I am so much obliged to you that you are all helping me in the discharge of my duties towards my Spiritual Master, although I was so much reluctant to execute it
- I am so pleased that you have published. Even I have not seen them, I am pleased and obliged to you. Continue this work. Whenever there is any publication in any language, it enlivens me 100 times
- I am very much obliged to him for the service as I am to my other disciples & I am very sorry that Maya has taken advantage of his disobedience & he has fallen to Maya's illusion
- I am very much obliged to my disciples because they are realizing the importance of Krishna Consciousness Movement and it is very much encouraging to me
- I am very much obliged to you and your government that both the people and the government of America do not put any hindrances in distributing our books
- I am very much obliged to you for expressing your good sentiments on account of my humble service to you all. Your appreciation of my humble service is thankfully accepted
- I am very much obliged to you for giving such a full report. May Krsna bless you and give you more and more intelligence how to manage everything very nicely in Australia and New Zealand
- I am very much obliged to you for your appreciation of my humble services by bringing to your country this movement. But actually it all depends upon your cooperation
- I am very much obliged to you that you have proposed to help Jaya Govinda about his visa trouble
- I am very much obliged to your country, USA. You are mostly cooperating with this movement. All of my students, they are mostly American young boys and girls. There are others also, but you are predominant; therefore I must thank you very much
- I feel obliged to this benevolent lady in so many ways for her helping this Krishna Consciousness Movement. I wish that Lord Krishna may give her a long life fully engaged in the service of the Lord
- I feel very much obliged to you for your nice understanding about my mission. Your offer of service to the cause of our Lord is also welcomed. I hope in future you shall be of great help in my mission and I can count upon
- I have also received the report (about Krsna-Balarama temple) from Gopala Krishna, especially how nice is the prasadam program there. Thank you very much. You have improved the situation there so much. and I am very much obliged to you
- I was sponsored by a friend's son, Gopala Agarwal, who is settled up in this country by marrying an American girl, Sally. I was their guest, and I feel very much obliged to Gopala and his wife Sally for their nice treatment and reception
- I'm very much obliged to you that you write to say, "It is clear to me that you are great powerful Acarya in the Vaisnava world at present." Sometimes Sridhara Maharaja also says like that. So, actually if you are feeling like that let us work conjointly
- In my household life I was strictly following the regulative principles but my wife was reluctant to assist me properly. Therefore I was obliged to give up their company
- It is good news for me that our Seattle, Washington temple is growing under your able guidance, and I am much obliged to you
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- My dear boys and girls I am so much obliged to you for your prayers to Krishna to save my life. Due to your sincere and ardent prayer, Krishna has saved my life. I was to die on Tuesday certainly but because you prayed sincerely I am saved
- My dear sons and daughters, I am so much obliged to you that you have become so enthusiastic for offering Vyasa-puja. Now try to understand
- My request is not to do injustice to us in any way by unnecessary anti propaganda, but to cooperate with us by joining our Krishna Consciousness movement so that it may spread more and more satisfactorily, and for this we shall be highly obliged
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- So long as he was here, he was taking care of me very nicely, and I am very much obliged to him. I simply said that he may live for some time with the Sankirtana Party, and he became upset. So I do not know what to do
- So, I am so much obliged to you that you are trying to get my books published somehow or other. I can simply pray to Krishna for your long life and valuable service to Krishna