Remembering Srila Prabhupada - I know what Krsna says, that's all

May 22, 2006

I know what Krsna says, that's all

Another query came from a man who wanted to know how to meditate on Brahman.

"But how do we just meditate and get in touch with that Brahman? Is a thing

there, a crucial point? Every one of you knows from ..."

Prabhupada cut in. "Krsna does not say that you go everywhere... "

"But how do we just meditate and get in touch with that Brahman? They say that

you just have to meditate, transcendental meditation."

"No, what they say, I do not know. I know what Krsna says, that's all."

"Problem is to know... "

The man's confusion typically illustrated exactly what Srila Prabhupada was

always complaining about, that people hear about Lord Krsna from any source

other than Krsna Himself and His bona fide representatives. They therefore

simply become confused.

"Our mission is to present before you what Krsna says, that's all," Prabhupada

said. "We are not concerned what other says. We are not concerned."

Prabhupada's strong reply stirred the crowd's appreciation of his fixed

position and his refusal to be drawn off on a tangent. Many smiled and nodded

at his no-nonsense, authoritative approach. It was exactly what they had come

to hear.

"All right, we have taken enough. Now no more. Chant Hare Krsna. You join with

us."

Leaving the devotees to finish with a film show and kirtana, Prabhupada left

via a long arch-covered walkway.

After a short drive back to the house and a chair lift upstairs, he settled

comfortably in his room, thoroughly enlivened by the night's preaching. He

called in Harikesa and had him set up the tape recorder so that he could listen

to the play-back of his talk.

He grinned and then laughed when it came to the point where he had referred to

everyone as mudhas. "I have spoken very strongly," he said, "but still they did

not protest. Rather they appreciated, 'Yes, it is fact.'"

We also appreciated the beauty of Srila Prabhupada's character. He is so pure

and free from malice or envy of others that he can speak with utter candor

about people's faults and call them fools and rascals without anyone taking the

least offense. Moreover, his own innocent wonder at how he is able to do this

simply increases his charm many times over.

- From the "A Transcendental Diary Vol 1" by HG Hari Sauri dasa

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