Meditating on Prabhupada’s Eternal Form 

Usually I favor meditating on Prabhupada as we knew him.  As an expression of loyalty, I almost scoff at the possibility of Prabhupada having a form other than how he appeared in the West in 1965.  But I know he does.  Still, we prefer to think of Prabhupada as we knew him, and anyway, we really can’t know Prabhupada in any other form.  At least not now.

Lately, I am coming to understand that it is possible for a disciple to know his eternal relationship with his spiritual master in the spiritual world.  It is possible to meditate on that eternal relationship.  This no longer seems scandalous to my loyalty if I think like that.

Now I want to pray that the other form is revealed.  I cannot imagine it or concoct it, but I hope one day Srila Prabhupada will reveal how I can be with him as he assists Radha-Krishna in the spiritual world.  Just as we sing every morning, nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai.  Shri-radhika-madhavayor apara-madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-nammam / prati-kshanasvadana-lolupasya / vande guroh shri-charanaravindam.  These two verses are meaningful.  I pray that I may one day realize them.  

Meditating on Prabhupada in his eternal form in Goloka Vrindavana would not be negated.  Understanding his other form would be a graduation, the fruit of remembering Prabhupada in this world.  Furthermore, we can continue to meditate on Prabhupada as he appears in this world, but with the understanding of how he is eternal.