Excerpt from a Fiji lecture by H.H. Tamala Krishna Gosvami (fwd)

[Guest guest]

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"Don't think that Krsna and Prabhupada are so ungrateful to you, that you

have given up your life to KC and They won't give you everything. Don't

think that.

 

We have not accepted such an ungrateful Guru that is only going to take

services and spoil your material life and not give you KC. Prabhupada is

not such a person.

 

And if we feel lucky as Srila Prabhupada's sons and daughters, then

remember what he said:

 

'Father is not so kind as the Grandfather - so these grandchildren....they

don't get more mercy but get 'softer mercy'. because the father can be a

little tough but the grandfather's dealings aren't tough, he is so soft.

So the grandchildren get easy time'.

 

We have our grandfather - Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati and Prabhupada

said he was very very strict, but he said he won't be strict with you. And

he said whenever I am away, you are getting mercy from Srila

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.

 

So this is our Guru-Varga and we should have a lot of confidence. Unlimited

confidence. I have unlimited confidence in Prabhupada.

 

So you give your life for serving Guru and Gauranga, and you will get

everything. Krsna is always going to reciprocate. We should make every

effort but expect Krsna's mercy at every moment.

 

Suppose you only did bhakti 80%, do you think Krsna is sitting there with

a calculator? Is that what our God is? Is that what someone who loves you

does? That's a business deal !!!.

 

Krsna is not a businessman. Krsna is bhakata-vatsal. So He says, never

mind 80% , 70%...finished..., We clear away all the difference. Here is

the balance...now come back to Me.

 

I have a strong faith, that Prabhupada will do this for us. I have a very

strong faith Prabhupada will do that for us. I remember on Prabhupada's

dissapperance day. One of the very senior Guru and Brahmin of Vrndavan

came to speak and he said at that time: You don't realize who your guru

maharaj is. He is an initimate associate of Radha and Krsna. You don't

realise how an important personality he is and was amongst you.

 

That person who is with Radha and Krsna right now, do you think we have

any worry? I don't think so !!!.

 

We do our best, but Prabhupada is going to do the rest. He will not be

neglectful. I have never seen Prabhupada to be neglectful. Never seen such

a thing.

 

So let us pray that what Prabhupada came for - to spread KC to the world.

Let us pray that we fully get that KC. Let there be no other goal in life.

Everthing else is of little value. This is - KC - the real goal."

 

(Lecture by TKG in Suva - Fiji, Yr 2000, during his last personal visit).