Prabhupada, New York, November 23, 1966: […] “At least every day we see so many death list. If you go to the crematorium ground, you can see. So ahany ahani lokani gacchanti yama-mandiram, sesah sthitam icchanti. But those who are still alive, they think, “Oh, death will not take place. I’ll live. I’ll live.”
He does not think that he… You are also subjected to this principle of dying. But he does not take it seriously. This is called illusion, maya. He thinks, oh, that, “I shall live forever. Therefore let me do whatever I like. There is no question of responsibility.” Oh, this is very risky life, very risky life. And this is the most covering part of illusion. One should be very serious that death is waiting. “As sure as death.”
Bhagavad-gita 9.2-5
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
New York, November 23, 1966
pamho prabhus agtACBSP PASANKUSA EKADASI KI JAI, the soul is eternal that’s why foolish people think the material body also never dies.
Of course this is illusion to make one’s material desire of a maya body to live forever.
I was at Dharma Kunda, Kamavan Forest, Vrindavan, where Lord Yamaraj asked Yudhisthira Maharaj about the biggest illusion and Yudhisthira answered that we see everyone to die but we think we never die.
Then what is the use to come to this Martyaloka planet where everybody has to die? The use is to finish our material business quickly and get out from this temporary and miserable condition of being in the material world where everyone suffers from birth, old age, disease and death.
Nobody cares anymore about past great personalities…. all gone, now we got a very special age ahead for another 9500 years it is the Golden Age of the Sankirtan Movement of SRI GAURANGA MAHAPRABHU the most merciful Avatara who will deliver all the fallen souls of this kali yuga, chanters of the hare krsna maha mantra.
At other kali yuga ages this was not possible to get this mercy because this is the first appearance of SRI GAURANGA in a kali yuga on this planet.
So the utility is the principle that’s to get out from death without wasting time to achieve eternal life.
ys seva das
haribol
London, 15 November, 1969 Srila Prabhupada dit;
[…] “So far as I am concerned, in relationship with my disciples who are so kindly cooperating with me in the matter of my rendering service to my Spiritual Master, for them I am always ready to come back from Goloka Vrindaban, if they are not delivered along with me. So don’t be worried about the clutches of Maya. Be fixed up in your determination and go on serving the Supreme Lord, Krishna, with determination as you are already doing.”
Considering the above quote, who is there so foolish to suggest that Srila Prabhupada is no longer accessible fully to his followers?