Prabhupada is Praiseworthy

The concept of guru-disciple is not foreign anywhere in the world.  Credit is given to teachers and spiritual directors, but not with the emphasis found in the Vaisnava sampradāya.  People think that too much dependence or praise of the guru is cultish, a kind of deification of an ordinary man.  They look for feet of clay in all heroes, and signs of exaggerated and sentimental dependency in the followers.  So we strive to exemplify the real relationship.  The spiritual master is praiseworthy, and although we may be foolish, he’s still able to lead us out of the material world, to shelter in eternality, bliss and knowledge.  If the world leaders are not praising Srila Prabhupada in the authorized парампары, then “stand-ins” such as this writer will have to do it until the world discovers that this is the real responsibility of everyone.

Dear Srila Prahbupada,

You are a reservoir of Krishna consciousness.  You pump fresh water into the parched population.  You replenish your own resources in the cloudbank of Krishna’s mercy.  His blessings flow down to us from the mountains of the previous acaryas.  The reign of Krishna’s mercy runs down the mountainsides and deposits the rich loam of the acarya’s realization directly into your own reservoir.

As we drink that water, our lives are sustained by it.  Please don’t let us continue taking it for granted.  Please let us always remember that we are living only by your kindness.  You are providing for us all the nourishment we need to advance in spiritual life.  You are giving us the water of immortality.  Thank you, Srila Prabhupada.