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“I want the benediction to go on fighting for Kṛṣṇa,” he said, “just like Arjuna.”

converged around him, amazing the policemen and other onlookers with their spontaneous adoration of Kṛṣṇa’s Although the inner meaning of Ratha-yātrā is the gopīs’ desire for Kṛṣṇa to return to Vṛndāvana, these

Later in his lecture Prabhupāda stressed how guru and Kṛṣṇa were saving the conditioned souls from eternal Take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And that is possible only by guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya. By the mercy of guru and by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa you can achieve all success. This is the secret.

All living entities, Prabhupāda explained, are children of the supreme father, Kṛṣṇa, or God. If one misuses his life and doesn’t understand his duty to Kṛṣṇa, then his life is spoiled.

Like Arjuna he was fighting, and like Nārada Muni he was always traveling, glorifying the Supreme Personality

“And Kṛṣṇa’s representative,” added Rāmeśvara.

“So please do not take this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement as any sectarian movement.

Prabhupāda felt ill and could not sleep more than one-and-a-half hours at night and one or two hours however, he continued lecturing in the temple, going on morning walks, holding discussions on the beach, and Still, Hawaii was far from being like Vṛndāvana or Calcutta, where old friends and new admirers demanded

Then in the presence of the other devotees, Prabhupāda related how Hayagrīva had been sent by Kṛṣṇa to help him spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world.

Prabhupāda and Hayagrīva began meeting daily, sometimes for as long as two or three hours. Dialectical Spiritualism was again underway, moving side by side with the Eighth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and

“So the devotee is offering,” Prabhupāda continued, “and Kṛṣṇa accepts … if it is offered with love and Kṛṣṇa says anyone who offers Him a little flower, a little water, a little fruit with love and affection

mansion he had purchased over a year ago, to see how the devotees were taking care of the fabulous gift Kṛṣṇa had given them and to advise them on how to use it as a showpiece of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The mansions, the opulence, the American money and expertise were all for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa told Prabhupāda that the ISKCON center was not far from the Empire State Building and that “Our building,” said Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, “is right in the midst of the theater, restaurant, and entertainment

As the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa, he asked everyone to please take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be

So by Kṛṣṇa’s grace everyone loved me. And I came to this foreign country without any acquaintance. So Kṛṣṇa sent me many fathers to love me. In that way I am fortunate. At the last stage, if I live peacefully, that is the great mercy of Kṛṣṇa. By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy everything is possible. So we shall stick to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

. – only by Kṛṣṇa. He already had his plane tickets, and he remained set on traveling.

“If the spiritual master gives that facility and makes that arrangement,” said Prabhupāda, “then Kṛṣṇa But for all that, I am expanding Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

He was declaring humanity’s dependence on God, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and making cover of the latest issue of Back to Godhead, which Prabhupāda liked, depicted a devotee singing Hare Kṛṣṇa

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Goswami and Rāmeśvara Swami were also there.

and silently driving the car, Prabhupāda said, “Our Jayānanda was driving a taxi and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa