Category:How We (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The ultimate success of human life is entirely dependent on one's state of consciousness at the moment of passing away. Śrīla Prabhupāda constantly reminded his disciples that the time of death is the final, uncompromising examination of their spiritual advancement. To pass this test, he explained exactly how a devotee must prepare throughout their life. He taught that preparation for death does not mean fearful anticipation, but rather a vigorous, daily application of Kṛṣṇa consciousness—purifying one's desires, diminishing offenses, strictly following the instructions of the spiritual master, and engaging in steady, cooperative service. By cultivating this intense eagerness to serve the Lord every single day, a disciple ensures that remembering Kṛṣṇa at the time of death becomes a natural, guaranteed reality.
- The Final Examination: A devotee's greatness is ultimately tested at the moment of death. The absolute measure of success is how well one has practiced their daily bhajana and sādhana, and whether they can remember Kṛṣṇa when the body is failing.
- Purifying the Consciousness: Preparation requires a complete change in consciousness. Instead of desiring material power or falsely attempting to become God, a devotee must purify their heart, transforming their mundane attachments into a pure, desireless eagerness to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
- Developing Seriousness and Diminishing Offenses: Fickle practice will not sustain a devotee during the final test. One must become deeply serious, studying the Nectar of Devotion to gradually diminish all offenses while experiencing the profound peace and protection of the Lord.
- Assimilating the Philosophy: Remembering Kṛṣṇa requires a mind deeply saturated with His philosophy. Devotees must not divert from the guru's instructions; they must study the śāstra carefully, assimilate the teachings, and constantly think of Kṛṣṇa so they can effectively speak and write about Him.
- Steady Service and Progress: The ultimate preparation is uninterrupted, joint service. By cooperating with godbrothers, avoiding philosophical discrepancies, and constantly advancing their eagerness to serve without material hindrance, disciples ensure their consciousness remains permanently fixed on the spiritual platform.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Explains How His Disciples Must Prepare for the Time of Death.
Pages in category "How We (Disciples of SP)"
The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
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- A living being, to become desireless, how you can? I am living. I am not a dead body. Desire should be to satisfy Krsna. Attachment should be for Him. That's all. You have to change. That is Krsna consciousness
- As we make advancement, offenses should be gradually diminished; advanced devotees, in fact all devotees should study how to do this very carefully in the NOD. We can understand the Absolute Truth by hearing, that is how we can become perfect
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- Enclosed you will find one letter from Austin temple. So that is in your zone. He has so many questions, and these types of enquiries should be answered locally. So you can reply this letter and send me a copy also so that I can see how you are answering
- Everything will come. You'll practically feel how you are becoming reformed. There is no need of wasting time. This Hare Krsna movement can be done at home, outside home, when you are working, when you are walking, every moment
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- He (Krsna) is for everyone. Otherwise, how you Americans, Europeans and others outside India, how you are accepting? Because originally Krsna is your father, everyone's father. Mamaivamso jiva - BG 15.7
- How are your Tulasi plants in Hawaii? How are they feeling? I am always thinking of them and you. Please let me know how they are growing and how you are taking care of them
- How can you write or how you can speak unless you think of Him? You are hearing about Krsna; you have to think, then you can speak. Otherwise not
- How we can charge? We are servant of Krsna. Krsna says that "You speak," so we are speaking. That's all. Why should we charge? But if somebody, out of sympathy, gives us something, we don't refuse. But we have no cost
- How you are advancing in Krsna consciousness, that will be tested at the time of your death. The examination will be at that time
- How you have practiced your bhajana, sadhana, this will be examined at the time of death
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- I am especially pleased at how you are distributing our books, particularly to the schools and universities
- I am pleased to learn how you are spending your time in meditation with Lord Krishna and I request that continue to chant Hare Krishna so that Krishna will surely bestow all blessings upon yourself
- I am so glad to hear your program is steadily expanding in St. Louis and how you are regularly making university engagements and are being so well received
- I am sorry that I was not able to see how you have nicely made the sandesh because upon arrival it was found to have gone bad. So I do not think it will be practical to continue sending foodstuffs through the mail
- I am suggesting that Dayananda supply you with information of how you may purchase such buses in London and drive them all over the European continent; these "Hare Krishna Movement" buses will make us famous all over the world
- I am very glad to note of how you are increasing the "Back To Godhead" distribution there in such a remote place. Our "Back To Godhead" is the backbone of our movement so we should always be thinking how to increase it increase it increase it
- I am very much encouraged to note how you have increased the book distribution and are becoming No. 1 distributer in the world. We have published Caitanya Caritamrta so you can order this nice new book from New York
- I am very pleased with your activities, how you are leading householder life, Krishna conscious. This ideal I want to show your countrymen is only possible on the KC platform. You remain steady on this platform, and this will be your benefit
- I do not find any mention of how the work is going on there at Mayapur. I have entrusted you as the leader of this project to see that it is always going on at full capacity, that the men are working, that the money shall be collected and spent wisely
- I do not know how you are selling so many books. There is no instance in history where religious books were sold with such enthusiasm and success
- I had part of your letter read aloud to a group of devotees how you have one cow who will be giving 70-80 pounds a day
- I have already asked you to think on the project how you can push on our books and literature. I cannot suggest any other alternatives, but if you can execute this will of mine, I shall remain ever-obliged to you
- I have given you a department to manage nicely, and if there is some profit, you may give some for my book fund, but I cannot be consulted for advice in how you should manage the particulars of your business
- I have not heard from either of you since my coming this side to Bombay, so I am very anxious to know how you are each making life members
- I have recently received a full report from Rupanuga Maharaja on the activities of the Washington D.C. and especially how you are most enthusiastic about book distribution and that you are fixing to purchase the house. I am very glad
- I want that someone learns how to make mrdangas in the Western countries. As far as I know Isana has not produced any mrdangas. So how will he teach your wife how to make them. First let him produce something, then he can teach others
- I want to see all my disciples to live peacefully and execute such Krishna Consciousness. That is the perfection of life. It does not matter whether one is Brahmacari or householder, the real test is how he is executing Krishna Consciousness
- I will have to see personally what are the mistakes in the synonyms and also how you intend to correct them. I was not satisfied with the corrections that were made before. I saw some changes which I did no approve.
- If you are fickle, then how you can develop seriousness? Therefore the injunction is: yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. You should be very serious to abide by the orders of the spiritual master
- If you are only a few persons, and if the place is so big, how you can manage? Especially I don't think you will be able to worship Radha-Krishna deities at the very high standard until later time
- If you respect spiritual master as God, then you must offer him the facilities of God. Otherwise how you treat him as God? Simply in mind? In action also
- It was originally my Guru Maharaja's desire that there should be a center established in London, and by His Mercy, now you have successfully begun this mission; so please keep me informed how you are progressing there
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- Please enlighten me by return mail how you are making progress in our movement, how the Japanese people are responding. Naturally I am very much anxious to know that
- Please inform me immediately how you stand in the matter of the $17,000 needed to print Bhagavad-gita As It Is. I want that it should be printed by the time I return to the States at the end of March
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- Sinner is illusioned. He's mad. If you hate him, then how you can deliver him? Therefore those who are devotees, those who are really servant of God, they have no hate for anyone
- So unless you are also completely purified, how you can touch Krsna? This is common sense reasoning. Therefore Krsna realization is not so easy
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- The article was very nice, and I can appreciate how you are assimilating this Krishna philosophy and conveying it nicely to others
- The main aim of this Sanskrit class should be how you can learn this chanting in the proper accent. It is not our aim to become a Sanskrit scholar
- Then all these houses have come in an accident? Everything is created by man. How you can say accident? This is their foolishness
- This service is unimpaired, unchecked by any material condition. So Sukadeva Gosvami, he gives us some definition how you can be completely independent to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now our problem is eating-sleeping
- Today I have sent you the first installment of "Narada Bhakti Sutras". Please let me know how do you like it or if there is any difficulty to understand it. On hearing from you I shall take up the next installment
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- We give equal roles spiritually. Materially, one man is servant; one man is master. How you can avoid this?
- We have to simply repeat like parrot. Not exactly parrot. Parrot does not understand the meaning; he simply vibrates. But you should understand the meaning also; otherwise how you can explain?
- We have walked on the sea beach. So just at ten, one, three feet, away the big ocean, Pacific Ocean is . . . but we are certain that this Pacific Ocean cannot come beyond this limit. How we are certain? Because there is the order of Krsna
- We say that, "You have never gone to moon." They will say: "Yes, we have gone." Now they have mentioned, "It is hoax." So how we can believe them? What is the value of their statement? And they promise future, "Yes, we are trying."
- Whatever guru has said accept it, finally. Ara na kariha mane asa. Don't divert from this. This is the instruction. How you can divert from the instruction of guru?
- When you will seek after God, God is situated within your heart, He will give you all facility. And so long you want to become God, you will be cheated, because you are trying to cheat yourself. How you can become God?
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- You are all Australian. Why you are all Australian? Or you are all individual. How you become all Australian, merge into the Australian conception? Because as Australian, you have one interest
- You are already reading our Nectar of Devotion and if you like this idea you can translate this Nectar of Devotion immediately into Bengali and send me some copies of the translation so I can see how you have done
- You can join our Sudama Vipra Swami in Manila and give him good assistance there and in other places like Hong Kong. Kindly keep me informed how you are getting on
- You have described how you once fell down because you saw discrepancies in our philosophy. Actually, our philosophy is perfect, but because there were discrepancies in your mind at that time you may have thought something wrongly about our philosophy
- You may be very great devotee. That's all right. But it will be tested at the time of your death, how you remember Krsna
- You must jointly work because both of you, you have started this New Vrindaban, and you have to work jointly. There may be sometimes disagreement, but you should settle up. Otherwise how you can make progress?
- You should see through the sastra, authoritative sastra, books. What we are speaking about the moon planet, sun planet, or God, His abode is Vaikunthaloka, so many things we are talking. How we are talking? We are talking through the Vedic literature
- Your description of how you are managing is nice. This is management. The British government was conducting the management of 600 million people with just 200 Britishers. We cannot expect all foreigners to come and manage Mayapur affairs