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Disciple should simply follow

Source: Yamuna Devi: A Life of Unalloyed Devotion

SrimatiYamunaDeviDasiwithprabhupadaMalati devi had been commissioned by Hansadutta das to arrange for large Deities for the Hamburg temple and had found a five-foot pair of Radha-Krishna Deities in Jaipur. After returning to Bombay and telling Srila Prabhupada about Them, he immediately wanted Them for Vrindavan, even though Yamuna had been painstakingly working on plans for the Deities who were eventually installed. She later used it to illustrate that the duty of the disciple is to follow the instructions of the Spiritual Master—

2015-05-25T00:12:31+00:00March 23rd, 2015|Categories: Ideal disciple, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, Yamuna devi|

Came here to give

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Gandhari – chaste and faithful

Back-To-Godhead-Srila-PrabhupadaThere is a proverb: apanar dhana bilaye diye bhiksa mage parer dvare(?). They have lost their own culture, and they are now beggars. They are going to beg from door to door in the foreign countries. When I was speaking in Berkeley University sometimes in the year 1966, one Indian student stood up and he said, “Swamiji, what this Krsna consciousness movement will do? We require now technology.” So I replied, “Yes. You are after technology. So you are a beggar. I am

2015-10-07T20:57:13+00:00March 23rd, 2015|Categories: Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, Social welfare|Tags: |