Category:I Make (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s use of the phrase "I make" or "I am making" reveals his profound dynamic agency as a world ācārya. He did not passively observe the world; he actively molded it to fit Kṛṣṇa’s desires. Through these quotes, we see him making audacious, history-altering moves—transforming fallen Westerners into qualified brāhmaṇas, making vast architectural and preaching plans, and tirelessly making his own travel schedules despite his advanced age. Crucially, while he was wildly innovative in his application, he strictly refused to make any alterations to the pure philosophy itself, nor would he make cheap disciples by lowering the standard. His "making" was an act of pure spiritual alchemy.
- Making Authentic Brāhmaṇas and Devotees: Śrīla Prabhupāda faced severe criticism from orthodox caste-brāhmaṇas in India for initiating Westerners. Yet, he boldly stood his ground, asserting that by following the purificatory process, he was legitimately making them into true brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, transforming an asuric (ungodly) culture into a divine one.
- Delivering the Message Without Alteration: While he was making new devotees and new centers globally, the one thing Śrīla Prabhupāda refused to make was an amendment to the philosophy. He stressed that he was simply a postman delivering the message of Lord Caitanya, demanding strict adherence to the regulative principles and refusing to compromise to gain cheap followers.
- Making Grand Plans for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: Śrīla Prabhupāda was a spiritual visionary. He actively made plans for massive temple projects, established world headquarters, and strategized how to cross-pollinate Western and Indian preaching to create a worldwide spiritual revolution. He laid down a master plan that future generations could simply follow to achieve liberation.
- The Personal Endeavor of an Ācārya: At an age when most people retire, Śrīla Prabhupāda made an attempt to execute the order of his spiritual master. He constantly made and adjusted his own travel schedules, prioritizing his translation work and the management of his global society, showing unparalleled personal dedication.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: I Make - Prabhupāda’s Dynamic Mission in Action.
Pages in category "I Make (Prabhupada)"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- Anyone who does not believe in God, he's asura. This is the verdict of the sastra. And this asuric civilization is going on all over the world. So we are making little effort to make the asuras devotees. That's all
- At the last stage of my life, at the age of seventy years, I made an attempt that... Our predecessors, they wanted, and they wanted me also to do that. So my other Godbrothers they could not do very well. So let me try
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- I am trying to make a plan out of the description of the plot of our leased land. And the hilly portions may be name as Govardhana. Govardhana-side, the pasturing grounds for the cows may be allotted
- If I make some amendment, addition, alteration, in the name of Krsna, guru, then it is spoiled. No. We should receive the instruction as it is
- If there are so many foreign brahmanas in India and I am making brahmana in the Western countries, if they are still fallen, then what is this attempt? My attempt is futile. So kindly be responsible, those who are second initiated
- If we take this place then I shall make London my world or European headquarters, and I am applying also for British residential status
- In future if they follow, they will also be delivered. This is wanted. We have made some plan. We are making. So this will be left. When we shall die this will be left. And anyone who will accept this parampara system will be promoted to Krsna
- In India they sometimes come to fight with me that I am making these papa-yoni, namely, the Europeans and Americans... They are considered by the rigid Hindus as a papa-yoni. "They cannot become"
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- On my return I shall make practical progress so that both of us may go on compiling Srimad-Bhagavatam and opening different centers in all parts of the world simultaneously
- Our aim of starting a centre in India is to attract Indian youngsters by American devotees. Combined together we shall be able to make a wide circulation of the Krishna Consciousness movement
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- The brahmacaris and I use very simple clothes here. I am sending you a photograph to show how I live here. I am making the Americans wear brahmacari robes, and shave up. If a brahmacari from India dresses like an American he will not be appreciated
- They are not my words (in my books and letters and my speaking at meetings), as I have repeatedly informed you that I am simply the bearer of the message from Lord Chaitanya through the disciplic succession and I do not make any addition or subtraction
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- We do not make cheap disciples. Our condition is first of all you must give up these things: illicit sex and meat-eating and intoxication, up to the drinking of tea and cigarette. You have to give up. And gambling
- When coming from San Francisco I promised to Janaki and other girls that this time when I come back I shall first come to San Francisco. So I shall return by Pacific route and possibly make a break in the journey in Tokyo and Hawaii