10,000 Years

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At 10:08 PM 1/29/03 +0000, KrsnaNama <krsnanama (AT) krishna (DOT) com>

wrote:

Most devotees are familiar with

Srila Prabhupada's assertion that his

books would be the lawbooks for mankind for 10,000 years. I am

attempting to document where (and when) he made this claim. I haven't

been able to find it in Vedabase yet. - Maybe I'm not using the

appropriate search terms. - Does anyone have documentation for this

statement?

At another forum I received one reply saying it is a fabrication and

another attributing it to an unrecorded conversation with Ramesvara.

Considering that this assertion is widely accepted and is even used

to argue for or against various positions, I think it is important to

determine whether it is a true quote.

Perhaps we should refer to it as Srila Prabhupada's putative

assertion, considering its apocryphal nature. I suggested on the other

forum that it may well be that Ramesvar heard Srila Prabhupada make such

a remark, or something similar. It may also have been "These books

will be the law books for the next ten thousand years," indicating

the books Gaudiya vaishnavas worship: Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam,

Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, etc.

Babhru das

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Re: 10,000 Years

 

One day in the car he (Srila Prabhupada) had said, "My books will be the

lawbooks for human society for the next ten thousand years."

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SPLilamrta 50: The Lame Man and the Blind Man

 

 

Apparently this statement was confirmed by Tamal Krishna Maharaja from his

own direct experience (i.e. he personally heard Srila Prabhupada say so).