Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Why We are Successful

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Srila Prabhupada NectarWhy we are successful

 

One of our best life members in Bombay was Shri

Biharilal Khandelwal. He was very pious man from a

prominent industrial family. In fact, he was the first

life member in India to pledge one-lakh (one hundred

thousand) rupees for any of Srila Prabhupada's

projects. One day his secretary phoned and gave us the

bad news: Shri Biharilal Khandelwal had passed away.

And we were requested to come and perform kirtana in

the presence of his widow and other family members. So

I organized whatever devotees I could and we went to

the widow's residence to chant and try to console her

with some words from Bhagavad-gita.

One devotee we could not inform was Haridasa Prabhu.

That evening Haridasa was fanning Srila Prabhupada on

the terrace on top of his apartment. At seven o' clock

Srila Prabhupada noticed that there was no sound of

kirtana from the temple. Srila Prabhupada asked

Haridasa, "why?The devotees must have gone to the

city to collect and not yet returned." Prabhupada

replied, "This was not my idea, that they should go to

the city and collect all day and night. Our process is

to please Krsna. They may go at nine in the morning

and return by five in the evening, and then chant in

front of the Deities. Otherwise they will become like

karmis.

"We are successful because we try to please Krsna and

Krsna is merciful and reciprocates with us. Otherwise

Mr.Nair was much powerful than we. He had money,

influence - his own daily newspaper- he had contacts,

so many politicians and government officers. And who

were we? We had no money, no influence, and no

support. Yet we were successful - By Krsna's grace.

"So we should come and sing and dance in front of the

Deities and please Them, and by Their Grace we will

get all success. We are not successful by our own

strength, we are successful by Krsna's grace."

 

- From the "Watering the Seed" by HH Giriraja Swami

Maharaja

 

Please Chant: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna

Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare

Hare And Be Happy

 

 

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