The Prabhupada Marathon
Dear Vaisnavas,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
That most auspicious time of the year, the Prabhupada Marathon, is coming to
us very soon. The Prabhupada Marathon is total bliss. Why? Because this
sankirtan movement is as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "anandambudhi
vardanam" it is an ever expanding ocean of bliss. It's an oportunity to
imerse ourselves in giving Krsna to others. Srila Prabhupada very nicely
says in a purport of the Srimad Bhagavatam, "A Krsna conscious person should
free himself from the clutches of maya, and he should also be compassionate
to all others suffering in these clutches. The activities of the Krsna
consciousness movement are meant not only for oneself but for others also.
This is the perfection of Krsna consiousness. One who is interested in his
own salvation is not as advanced in Krsna consciousness as one who feels
conpassion for others and who therefore propagates the Krsna consciousness
movement. Such an advanced devotee will never fall down, for Krsna will give
him special protection. That is the sum and substance of the Krsna
consciousness movement. Everyone is like a play toy in the hands of the
illusory energy and is acting as she moves him. One should come to Krsna
consciousness to release oneself and also to release others."
This is the mood of Srila Prabhupada, he wants what Krsna wants. Krsna wants
his parts and parcels to be happy again. Srila Prabhupada once said in a
lecture that when some part of our body is injured all of our attention goes
to that part of the body to somehow solve the problem. Similarly we are part
of Krsna and we are injured by material desires. This gives pain to Krsna
therefore He tries to solve the problem by coming Himself, by leaving His
instructions and by sending His pure devotees. When we go out on sankirtan
we are giving pleasure to Krsna because we're trying to releave Him of the
pain He experiences by seeing His parts and parcels suffer. We have heard
that a devotee is para dhuka dhukhi, when He sees others suffer it gives
pain to Him, this is also the case with Krsna. So during this marathon let's
try to give pleasure to Krsna by giving this mercy in the form of
Prabhupada's books to as many condictioned souls as possible.
Krsne matir astu.
Your servant,
Vijaya Dasa
Joined: 2007-02-18