Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 > When during the time of Srila Prabhupada's smashing the gopi-bhava club in > LA, disciples quoted to Srila Prabhupada from his books about following in > the footsteps of the residents of Vrndavana and asked how to do that, > Srila Prabhupada replied, "I am that resident of Vrndavana." > > (Told by Devamrta Maharaja) > > Is this incident mentioned in any books about Srila Prabhupada? Here is something related: Lord Caitanya described that when a devotee reaches perfection, he chooses to follow a particular eternal resident of Vrndavana and learn of his own rasa from that resident. In March of 1967 I wrote to Prabhupada asking more about this subject. He replied as follows: When we are in the perfect stage of devotional service, we can know our eternal relation with Krishna, and as such one of the associates of Lord Krishna becomes our ideal leader. This acceptance of leadership by one of the eternal associates of the Lord is not artificial. Do not therefore try it at present; it will be automatically revealed to you at the proper time. >>> Ref. VedaBase => NBS 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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