Category:Mine (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s use of the word "mine" is never a reflection of material ego or possessiveness, but rather an expression of his intense sense of duty and spiritual affection. When he refers to his books or instructions as "mine," he is identifying his personal commitment to the mission of his spiritual master, urging his disciples to follow these instructions as their primary lifeline. Similarly, when he refers to his disciples as "spiritual children of mine," he is establishing a bond of eternal protection and responsibility. Ultimately, Śrīla Prabhupāda harmonizes this by explaining that while he may claim his followers or his work, he himself belongs to Kṛṣṇa, thereby connecting everything and everyone back to the Supreme Source.
- The Sacred Legacy of Books and Will: Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasized that his books and instructions were his personal contribution to the world, identifying them as his desire and will to be fulfilled by his followers.
- The Bond of Fatherly Relationship: He viewed his disciples and even his associates as belonging to his spiritual family, referring to them as "children of mine" to emphasize a relationship based on protection and love.
- Ownership in the Service of Kṛṣṇa: Even when claiming ownership over the society's books or funds, he immediately redirected the credit to Kṛṣṇa, showing that his sense of "mine" was entirely for the Lord's service.
- Personal Realizations and Identity: Prabhupāda used his own life experiences, his aging body, and even his personal friends to illustrate spiritual truths, making the philosophy accessible through his own "mine."
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Mine - Prabhupāda’s Sacred Sense of Responsibility and Relationship.
Pages in category "Mine (Prabhupada)"
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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- All our literatures are for guiding you in your successful prosecution of Krsna Consciousness, so follow these instructions of mine implicitly
- As the father becomes unhappy when one of his children wishes to break family connections I also become unhappy when there is difficulties within our ISKCON family. So please do not consider leaving as you are spiritual children of mine
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- I am most concerned that these books of mine be printed profusely and distributed all over the world as each book has so much potency for making persons Krsna conscious
- I am sure that my Guru Maharaja will be easily inclined to your prayers than that of mine. You will do good always by offering your prayers to His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja
- 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 would always prefer to distribute our books ourselves and publish them ourselves in our own press. That is my ambition, so you try to fulfill this desire of mine
- If you say that "Your dream is also wrong," yes, I do not dream. I take the facts from the authority. We do not dream. Dream is dream, either yours or mine. It doesn't matter
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- Of course it is Krishna's knowledge, not mine. But the effect is there. So for wider kirtana book distribution is better. Book distribution is also kirtana
- One medical practitioner friend of mine, when he was student in Lucknow, he stated that there is a palace building, Chatar Mandir? Chatar Mandir, in Lucknow. There is some government office. So there were several snakebite cases
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- The American boys have cooperated with me by printing, by distributing, and the money was received by selling the books. So the books are mine. I have given to the society
- The Bhagavad Gita, there are many, but why ours is selling so many? Because we have named "As It Is". Is that the reason?
- The childhood body is changed to the youthful body, and the childhood body is gone. Similarly, when the boyhood body is gone, you'll have to accept a body like mine, an old man's body
- The Tagore Society of New York Inc. Cordially Invites You to a lecture "GOD CONSCIOUSNESS" by A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI Date: Sunday, November 28,1965. Time: Lecture, 3:30 P.M. Tea, 4:30 P.M. Place: New India House, 3, East 64th Street
- Their expenditure is at my direction. Not a single paisa they can spend in their own discretion. They are laboring hard to get this collection, but the money is mine. This is the arrangement
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- We are making this preaching work of Krsna consciousness. If somebody comes he's Krsna's, he's not mine. These boys serving me, not for my sense gratification, for developing Krsna consciousness
- We can take help from outside in the matter of monetary help, either by contribution or by loan, but not to enter into transactions with outsiders. Because their aim of life is different from ours