Remembering Srila Prabhupada - All Services Accepted

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Prabhupada Said: All Services Accepted

 

 

"Please continue your very good service, and do not

feel any feeling of uselessness. It is true that Krsna

has given some the opportunity to serve Him by nice

writing, some by good business ability, some by nice

cooking, and so on, but these various services are all

accepted equally by Krsna. On the transcendental

plane, one service is as good as another. There is no

question of higher or lower. We are very tiny, and so

we cannot really do very much. Simply we can engage

our time and energy, and that is all Krsna sees. He

sees this boy or girl is spending his time in My

service and He is pleased. I hope you are both well."

 

-- Letter to Hamsaduta dasa and Himavati-devi dasi,

March 3, 1968

 

 

 

"So there is no question that one activity is more

important than another or that Deity worship is more

important than sankirtana. But one individual may be

able to perform one activity more satisfactorily than

another, so to him that activity will be more

important. But in general we cannot say that any of

the nine processes is more important than the others,

except that if hearing, chanting, and remembering are

there, that is the most vital consideration for the

general class of men in this age. Service to the

Deities, as you are asking me, begins whenever you

remember Them and offer all your services by

remembering Them at the same time. All activities,

words, everything should be offered as service to the

Deities, and this offering with remembering will

gradually increase as you practice it."

 

-- Letter of June 16, 1976

 

 

 

"Don't think that if one is engaged in the Deity

worship, and if one is engaged in the gardening work

there is a distinction. No. The one who is working as

a gardener, he is as good as the one who is dressing

the Deity. Because it is the absolute plane, there is

no difference between them, just like in the material

world if one is working as a manager and another is

working as a menial servant, there is a difference of

pay, or a difference of service. No, in the spiritual

world there is no such thing. In the spiritual world

even a small ant is serving Krsna. If by chance there

is an ant and a flower is thrown onto the lotus feet

of Krsna, and if the ant kisses the lotus feet of

Krsna, he is as good as the pujari. This is the

spiritual world."

 

-- Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.1

 

Letter to Hamsaduta dasa and Himavati-devi dasi, March

3, 1968; letter to Prajapati dasa, June 16, 1976;

lecture in Hawaii, June 8, 1975.

 

 

- From the Prabhupada Nectar by HH Satsvarupa dasa

Goswami Maharaj

 

 

 

 

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