Category:My Qualifications (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
In this category, Śrīla Prabhupāda reveals the internal secret behind his external success. Despite achieving what no other spiritual teacher had done—spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness globally—he consistently disclaimed any personal ability, intelligence, or magic. Instead, he pinpointed his "qualification" to a single, unwavering principle: his total faith in and execution of the order of his Spiritual Master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
- Cent Percent Faith: Śrīla Prabhupāda repeatedly states that he is not "expert" or "extraordinary," but that he believed in his Guru's words "cent percent" without any doubt or interpretation.
- The Art of Hearing: He recalls his early days as a young man, noting that his specific qualification was that he would sit and hear his Guru Mahārāja patiently, even when the philosophy was too high to fully understand, while others would leave.
- The Definition of a Teacher: He defines a bona fide teacher not by academic degrees, but by loyalty. He states, "I am a bona fide teacher as long as I follow the instructions... As soon as one deviates from this principle one is no longer a teacher."
- Success by Mercy: He attributes the global spread of the movement solely to the blessings of his Guru, stating that his only business in coming to the West at the age of seventy was to serve that order.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda's Only Qualification - Executing the Order of the Guru.
Pages in category "My Qualifications (Prabhupada)"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- I am a bona fide teacher as long as I follow the instructions of my spiritual master. That is the only one qualification for becoming a teacher. As soon as one deviates from this principle one is no longer a teacher
- I am not very expert or educated or nothing extraordinary, but only thing is that I believed in his word. You can say that is my qualification. I believed cent percent in his (Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's) word
- I am simply trying to place before you. That's all. I believe. And that is my qualification. It is not that I doubt, no. You can say that is my qualification
- I did not understand him (Guru Maharaj), actually. In the beginning I could not understand him. He was speaking in so high philosophical way that it was not . . . still, I wanted to hear him. That was my only qualification
- I'm writing books. I'm not being forced by anyone. Everyone can do that. Why one doesn't do it? Why I get up at night - 1 AM, & do this job? Because I cannot do without it. How one will do it artificially? This is quality. Therefore they like my purports
- It is not that I am very much qualified. The only qualification is that I have tried to execute the order of superior authority. That's all. This is the secret of success
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- My mission has come out a success by the mercy of my guru maharaj who sent me on this mission. That was my only qualification in coming to your country, that I had the blessings of my guru maharaj
- My only qualification was . . . When I was introduced to my Guru Maharaja for initiation, so Guru Maharaja immediately said, "Yes, I shall initiate this boy. He is very nice. He hears me very patiently. He does not go away." So that was my qualification
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- That was my qualification, whatever you may say. I was simply asking, "When Guru Maharaja will speak? When?" & I will sit down & go on hearing, & I will understand or not understand-others will disperse-I will not disperse. That he marked
- The results show that there is no limit to our book distribution. Our books are qualified to be distributed unlimitedly. We are not fiction writers. It is a fact that no expert booksalesmen can compete with our men