®r…la Prabhup€da becomes stunned in class atleast on 4 occasions

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®r…la Prabhup€da becomes stunned in class

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1) On the third morning after introducing Jaya Rädhä-Mädhava, Prabhupäda

again sang it with the devotees responding. Then he began to explain it

further. Rädhä-Mädhava, he said, have Their eternal loving pastimes in the

groves of Vrndävana.

 

He stopped speaking. His closed eyes flooded with tears, and he began gently

rocking his head. His body trembled. Several minutes passed, and everyone in

the room remained completely silent. Finally, he returned to external

consciousness and said, “Now, just chant Hare Krsna."

 

============ REF. SPL 33: A Lot of Ground to Be Covered

 

2) ...but devotee means he does not ask anything from God. He simply wants

to give, that is devotee. Just like gopis. They never asked anything from

Krsna.

 

(®r…la Prabhup€da becomes stunned in ecstasy. Long pause)

 

Hmm. Now chant. (end)

 

============ REF. Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.7 -- Los Angeles, September 13, 1972

 

 

(Listen to the tape to hear how ®r…la Prabhup€da is speaking excitedly in

preaching ecstasy then is suddenly paralyzed by thoughts of the gopis' love

for Krsna.)

 

3) Very, very abominable condition in this age of Kali. Very, very. It is

the beginning of Kali. Now we have to pass through 427,000's of years.

Kali-yuga will make progress in that way. And people are now practicing

eating their children, and at the end of Kali there will be no food

available. They'll have to eat the children just like the snakes do. The

snake eat their own children. There are many animals-they eat their own

children.

 

So don't try to repeat your birth again and again in this Kali-yuga. It will

be not very happy life. Better sacrifice everything in this life and be

fully Krsna conscious and go back to home, back to Godhead. Don't wait for

the next life. This is very seriously repeated, that "This life I shall

finish my Krsna consciousness business," and, as it is stated in the

Bhagavad-gita, that Krsna consciousness business means to understand Krsna

rightly. And He's explaining Himself rightly. Where is the difficulty to

finish the Krsna consciousness business? If Krsna is explaining Himself,

what He is, then where is your difficulty? Krsna is explaining Himself in

the Bhagavad-gita, Krsna is sending His representative äcärya to teach you,

and Krsna is within yourself trying to teach you if you are actually

serious. Then where is the difficulty? Inside, outside, always, books,

knowledge-He is prepared. So where is the difficulty to make yourself

perfect in Krsna consciousness? There is no difficulty at all. Provided you

are serious, you can become fully Krsna conscious in this very life. You are

all young men. You are not old man like me. I have no opportunity.

 

(At this point ®r…la Prabhup€da choked in ecstasy and the class ended)

 

============ REF. CC Adi 1.14 -- Mäyäpur, April 7, 1975

 

4) One day a record arrived from London. The London devotees, who with

George Harrison's help had already produced an album, had now also released

a new single, “Govinda." The song consisted of verses Prabhup€da had taught

them from Brahma-saˆhit€, each verse ending with the refrain govindam

€di-puruaˆ tam ahaˆ bhaj€mi. Prabhup€da asked that the record be played

during the morning program in the temple. The next morning, after he had

entered the temple room, bowed down before the Deity, and taken his seat on

the vy€s€sana to begin the class, the record began.

 

Suddenly, Prabhup€da became stunned with ecstasy. His body shivered, and

tears streamed from his eyes. The devotees, feeling a glimmer of their

spiritual master's emotion, began to chant Hare KŠa as if chanting japa.

The moments seemed to pass slowly. Finally Prabhup€da spoke: “Govindam

€di-puruaˆ tam ahaˆ bhaj€mi." He was again silent. Then he asked, “Is

everyone all right?" The response was a huge roar: “Jaya Prabhup€da!" And he

began the ®r…mad-Bh€gavatam class.

 

============ REF. SPL 31: A Threat Against ISKCON