Prabhupada nectar from Mukunda Datta Prabhu

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This morning my older godbrother Rasamrta prabhu told me what he saw and

heard directly from Srila Prabhupada many years ago in New York. In

Brooklyn, Prabhupada was speaking before the devotees when he looked at a

picture of Krsna with the cows and cowherd boys, across the room from him.

Gazing at it, he told the devotees that when a pure devotee sees such

pictures, he sees much more than others can see. In addition to Krsna, the

cowherd boys , land, and cows, a pure devotee can see that one cow has a

tear coming from her eye. Srila Prabhupada asked the devotees why, but no

one could answer. He then explained that this one cow was completely

overwhelmed with love, because the little calf that Krsna was holding was

her own calf. Later he added that out of profound humility and respect,

every single blade of grass in the picture was inclining towrds Krsna's

lotus feet. All of the devotees were fairly stunned to hear this revelation,

especially because it seemed that Srila Prabhupada had such a direct

perception of the spiritual world.