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"Just by reading my books
they are
initiated."
Reported by Vaikunthanatha das,
disciple of Srila Prabhupada
In 1972, when Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on The Nectar of Devotion for one month in Vrindavan, a thought was plaguing me. When I first joined, I'd been taught that the parampara
system is like a chain, and if you're not initiated, if you're not
linked up to this chain, then you can't go back to Godhead. I thought,
"We're distributing so many books, but if the people who read them are
not initiated, then they can't go back to Godhead." So, one day I
followed Prabhupada from Rupa Goswami's samadhi, where he
lectured, and just before Prabhupada stepped onto his courtyard, I
said, "We're distributing so many books but if people aren't initiated,
then they can't go back to Godhead." Prabhupada turned, looked at me
right in the eyes and said, "Just by reading my books they are
initiated." I thought, "That is an incredible example of compassion.
From © 2004 - Hansadutta dasa World Sankirtan Party
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