Category:Accept Me (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
When we look at how Prabhupāda talks about us accepting him, we see a heart full of wonder and a fatherly care that spans lifetimes. This isn't just about a formal institution; it's about the miracle that happened when he stepped off a boat with nothing but a message and found a family waiting for him in the West. Prabhupāda doesn't just want our obeisances—he wants our hearts and our determination to go back home with him. He makes it clear that when we accept him as our guru, we aren't just joining a movement; we are entering into an eternal relationship where he takes full responsibility for our spiritual success.
- The Wonder of Our Connection: Prabhupāda often expressed his own surprise and gratitude that we accepted him. He didn't come with bribes or material promises; he came with the truth, and he saw our acceptance of his guidance as a sign of Kṛṣṇa's direct hand in our lives.
- Real Surrender is Active: For Prabhupāda, accepting him as our guru is about more than just a ceremony. He challenges us to move beyond the "hypocrisy" of outward gestures and to actually live by his words. To him, our success is found in that moment we decide his instructions are our very life and soul.
- He is Our Way to the Lord: He never claimed to be God, but he knew he was our certain link to Him. By accepting him, we get a guide who is simply repeating what he heard from his own spiritual master, ensuring that the guidance we receive is pure, unadulterated, and effective.
- A Father Who Never Leaves: Perhaps the most moving part of his mood is the promise of permanence. Prabhupāda views us as his real sons and daughters. He promises that if we accept his guidance, he will never stop praying for us and will personally see to it that we make it back to the spiritual world.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Agreeing to Accept Prabhupāda's Guidance Gets Kṛṣṇa's Guidance.
Pages in category "Accept Me (Prabhupada)"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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- He can think, "Oh, now I am so learned. I am so advanced. Why shall I accept him as superior?" No. That continues. Even after my death, after my disappearance, he will offer obeisances to my picture
- How do you agree to accept me as spiritual master? Because I stick to this principle, Krsna and guru, that's all. This is the secret of guru
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- I am in your country. If I falsely claim, "I am citizens of America," how can I be accepted? You can be accepted as citizen of America because there is a definition of the word - citizens of America
- I can kick out all those stumbling blocks immediately, provided you accept my guidance
- I got a free passage through some Indian steam navigation company. So I came by ship. So when I was on the ship at Boston port I was thinking that "I have come here. I do not know what is the purpose, because how the people will accept this movement?
- I have accepted you as my disciple and you have accepted me as your spiritual father. This relationship cannot be ended anymore. It will be my duty always to pray to Krishna for your further and further improvement in Krishna Consciousness
- I shall be very glad to accept an educated and intelligent disciple like you, but first of all we must meet and you should know whether you can accept me as your Spiritual Master, or I can accept you as my disciple
- I thank all of you very much for accepting me as your spiritual master, and I promise that I will take you back to home, back to Godhead
- I thank you for your appreciation that you accept me on the superhuman platform
- I thank you very much for your acceptance of my guidance. My guidance means Krishna's guidance
- If I say I'm God and somebody accepts me as God, then he's a foolish man. They do not know what is meaning of God
- If Indians are bad then I am also bad, as I am an Indian. But they have accepted an Indian as their guru. So Indians are both bad and good according to the behavior
- If someone wants to work there are so many things. So eternally I want to remain your guide provided you want to accept me
- If there is any doubt, that "I cannot accept his words verbatim," then one should not accept him as spiritual master. That is hypocrisy. One must be first of all convinced
- If you don't accept the instruction, what is the meaning of surrender? Simply by offering obeisances, falling flat for the time being, that is not surrender
- It is my duty because you have accepted me as your spiritual master. So I am repeating my spiritual master's order that "Don't wait for another life"
- It is the duty of the disciple to accept the spiritual master as Superhuman Man
- It is your kindness that you accepted me. But I never expected. I never expected that "These people will accept"
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- Just like I am traveling all over the world twice, thrice, in a year. My duty is to see that my disciples who have accepted me guru, they may not fall down. That is my anxiety
- Just like you have got your chief American, means the president of your country, similarly, everywhere must be there, one chief man. Just like in the society, our Krsna consciousness society, you accept me as the chief
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- That is the subject matter of the poetry, that "I have no hope. Who will accept this, especially in this country, so much engrossed in materialistic way of life? And I shall say, 'Give up everything.' Who will take it?"
- The Hindu community, I (Prabhupada) think they will accept us. I don’t think they will deny
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- You accept me as the chief of this institution. There must be one chief. Otherwise there will be no management
- You are singing every day, guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya, ar na koriho mane asa. This is life. This is life. Guru-mukha-pad... You accept the bona fide guru, and what he orders you, carry out. Then your life is successful
- You cannot judge. You cannot judge who is following, who is not following. That is not your jurisdiction. Therefore he has accepted a spiritual master, his jurisdiction. He'll do whatever necessary
- You have accepted me as father, so I have also accepted you as my dear and real son. Relationship of father & son on spiritual platform is real and eternal, on the material platform such relationship is ephemeral and temporary
- You have accepted me as your acarya, but you do not pay me any salary. This is forbidden. The teacher will not accept salary. Then he comes down to the sudra platform
- You may know it that I am eternally your guide, but if you don't accept me as your guide what can I do?
- You will be pleased to know that I am now accepted by the USA immigration department as permanent resident, with option to apply for citizenship