Category:I Have Become (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category reveal the deeply personal and intimate nature of Śrīla Prabhupāda's relationship with his disciples and his mission. When he reflects on what he has become, he opens his heart to show his fatherly affections, his physical vulnerabilities, and his strict dedication to the spiritual path.
- Prabhupāda's Fatherly Affection and Joy: Śrīla Prabhupāda expresses that his true happiness comes from the association of his devotees and the expansion of the movement, while any fractures within the spiritual family cause him personal distress.
- Prabhupāda's Encouragement and Pride: He becomes deeply satisfied, encouraged, and even proud when he sees his disciples sincerely pushing forward the mission, distributing books, and sacrificing their personal comforts for Lord Caitanya.
- Prabhupāda's Honesty About Burdens: He transparently shares his physical weaknesses as an aging preacher and his frustrations with administrative entanglements, teaching his followers to remain surrendered to the reality of the material body while pushing forward in service.
- Prabhupāda on Spiritual Representation: He warns against taking spiritual life cheaply, emphasizing that becoming a representative of Kṛṣṇa in the paramparā system requires serious dedication, not the pursuit of personal honor or comfort.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: I Have Become - Prabhupāda's Personal Example.
Pages in category "I Have Become (Prabhupada)"
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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- I (Prabhupada) have become convinced that our Krishna Consciousness Movement is finally having some effect on the world, and I am very satisfied with the work of my sincere disciples for assisting Lord Caitanya in this way
- I am so glad to learn that you are thinking of sleep as a waste of time. This is not an ordinary thing. So I have become very much pleased to hear this statement from you. Be blessed by Krishna
- I become very much proud of nonsense rascal disciples like you. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu represented Himself as a nonsense rascal to understand Vedanta philosophy
- I beg to apologize for not keeping our scheduled appointment on the morning of November 3rd. I became ill due to exhaustion from too much travelling and was not able to leave my room
- I have become profited, profitable, or I have acquired profit. I left my home, my children and everything. I came here as a pauper, with seven dollars. That is no money. But I have got now big properties, hundreds of children
- I have become very, very weak. No appetite. The brain is not working. Brain is working, but body is not allowing... Don't worry. Everyone will die, today or tomorrow. I am also old man. There is nothing to be regrettable
- I just want to see that these books be printed, whether it be on our own press or by Dai Nippon; that is my ambition. I have become slackened in my dictaphone work because the manuscripts already there are not being pushed ahead
- I set up the GBC with hope that I shall get relief from administration of the mission but on the contrary I have become the center of receiving so many complaints. So it is not a relief for me, rather it is becoming a little troublesome
- In childhood I used to take my ratha with my little friends, about 60 years ago. Again I am reviving the same attempt with my young disciples. I have become old, and you are also old. We may pass away, but my disciples will carry on this festival yearly
- Initiation means seriously take up the... And if you make it a fun business, then I become implicated, you become implicated