Hearing from Srila Prabhupada

We are reading in Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta how Srila Prabhupada met with his guru only a few times, but every meeting he did have with him was of great significance to Srila Prabhupada.  The first time they met on the roof in Ultadanga, in Calcutta, Prabhupada was impressed.  His whole life was changed.  They met again at Kosi in Vrindavan.  At that time, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati noted that Prabhupada was hearing very attentively.  Then they had other meetings, including one at Radha-kunda, where his guru maharaj told him, “If you ever get money, print books.”  Prabhupada is the perfect example of one who made the utmost of his meetings with his spiritual master.  There were no tape recorders in those days (although there were books).  A meeting was very important to Prabhupada, as well as his letter exchanges with Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. 

We can also meet Srila Prabhupada, even now, by hearing from him in an open and loving way.  The receptive disciple is compared to a fertile woman becoming pregnant by her association with her husband.  The spiritual master can impregnate the receptive soul with bhakti-lata-bija, the seed of devotion.  Individual speaking and meeting can have such an effect.