Krishna’s Recognition Comes Through Srila Prabhupada

Lord Krishna demands that we present ourselves to Him as followers of Srila Prabhupada.  Prabhupada is our “passport” to the spiritual world.

“… Unless one gets the association of a devotee like Narada Muni or his servant in the disciplic succession, one’s dormant spirit of renunciation cannot be awakened.  It is not a fact that because material enjoyment involves so many painful conditions, one will automatically become detached.  One needs the blessings of a devotee like Narada Muni.  Then one can renounce his attachment to the material world.  The young boys and girls of the Krishna consciousness movement have given up the spirit of material enjoyment, not because of practice, but by the mercy of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His servants. –

(Bhag. 6.5.41, Purport)

Prabhupada grants renunciation; he grants devotion.  We work to achieve it, but it comes by his grace.  Therefore, any disturbance to our relationship will be like a grating sound in your car’s engine – something is wrong, something is going to break down.  He has to be pleased.