DEAREST PRABHUPADA!!!
Dearest Prabhupada!!!
to Lord Krishna and all souls
please enter my heart ice cold
and take full control.
Dearest Prabhupada
to the universe and all
at thy lotus feet I fall
to hear your every call.
When oh when will be that day
I remember all you did relay
now all I can do is beg and pray
this dog no longer goes astray.
Dearest Prabhupada
please accept me as your dog
and tie me tightly to your leash
to drag me back to Krishna, God.
My mind is now my lord
addicted to my material senses
I’m simply victimized
by lifetimes of offences.
And so dearest Prabhupada
more dear than all I hold dear
please let me feel you near
to rise beyond all fear.
Now all I have is prayers
stuck inside my bed
please fill my mind with prayers
please drag me back to Godhead.
For my heart is blacker than coal
so I must beg you every moment
to let me know what I must know
just what to do and where to go.
I submit myself to you forever
my eternal soul is yours
yours and all Vaisnava souls
pure servants of Nitai and Gaur.
For you are all I know
and I know nothing else
that makes sense to myself
please give me all thy help.
I simply await your mercy
at every single step
I simply long for your mercy
with every single breath.
Please surround me with thy disciples
proving their love for you, you requested
cooperating together to spread your mission
to see everyone singing and dancing for Krishna!!!
When oh when shall that day be mine
I will travel thy path divine
and see again your merciful shine
all loving and all kind.
For I believe in you
far more than belief
you alone are my life and soul
that can give me all relief.
You are the guru of the universe
that fulfills the wise man’s thirst
living in thy law books most strong
you guide all souls where they belong.
In their constitutional position
as servants of the servants of Krishna!
just longing to fulfill Krishna’s wishes
to deliver all souls in material existence.
So to you my life I surrender
please force me to always remember
I’m the servant of the servant of Govinda
and stop being an offender.
Not attracted to the holy name
I only live my life insane
and so I beg you for the holy name
don’t let me live my life invane.
Dearest Prabhupada!
shamelessly tears I do not sob
drag me forcefully back to God!
this most foolish stubborn dog.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare!!!!!
(by anubhavananda dasa 2022)
So if somebody thinks, “Let me qualify like this, then I shall be able to serve Kṛṣṇa better,” no, that’s a wrong philosophy. Whatever qualification you have acquired already, you begin Kṛṣṇa service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, immediately, so that even a little bit done towards service you are gainer. Vigata-viklava gata sankha[?]. Do not be doubtful, that “I am not qualified, so I cannot serve. My service will not be accepted.”
No. Sa karmaṇā tama vācā. In the Bhagavad-gītā also it is said that whatever qualification and whatever asset you have got, just immediately engage to Kṛṣṇa’s service. And whatever you do, little, that is your asset. Vigata-viklava īśvarasya mahi: “So let me glorify.”
We started this Back to Godhead so that our students may write in this paper whatever realization he has got. It doesn’t matter. I have sent therefore one article written by Vīrabhadra, you see, for publication here. One must express his feelings of service. Actually I have started this Back to Godhead for this purpose. Not that I want to discuss huge, complicated philosophical thesis. We don’t care for that.
One must express how he is feeling, or being employed, in the service of the Lord, without any doubt. And as soon as one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, he becomes poetic also. That is another qualification. A Vaiṣṇava, a devotee, develops twenty-six kinds of qualification, simply by service of Kṛṣṇa. Out of that, one qualification is that he becomes poetic. So, maima amsa sarva pratatnena [Śrīdhara Svāmī commentary].
So we simply… If we simply try to explain how Kṛṣṇa is great, how God is great, that is sufficient service. That is complete service: śravaṇaṁ kīrtana. If you simply go to the people, “Oh, you are denying God. Don’t do this. God is very great. God is supplying you food. God has created this world. God is feeding everyone,” simply these two things we should speak to the people, by writing or speaking—you are rendering great service.
Without any education, without any qualification—you simply just… this is the fact. This is the fact. Everything is property of Kṛṣṇa, of God. Everything is supplied by Kṛṣṇa. You are living at the cost of Kṛṣṇa. Your body is given by Kṛṣṇa. In this way, we simply chant and preach like this, we are rendering service. Is it very difficult? Anyone can do. There is no need of qualification—either go to Japan or Honolulu or this or that. Everyone is man; everywhere you can say this. So just engage yourself in Kṛṣṇa’s service. That is good for you.
That’s all. Thank you. [devotees offer obeisances]
So is it very difficult to be a preacher? You are going to be preacher, going to Japan? Do you think it is difficult? It is difficult? Simply say like this—you see—that “God is great.” Don’t be puffed up that you are great, you are all-powerful, you have got… Give up these foolish ideas. “God is great. He has created this world. He is giving you food; He has given you body.” Just simply try to convince them, these principles, and you become a preacher.
So is there any question? Just try to understand. This is our philosophy, Kṛṣṇa consciousness preaching. You don’t require any high type of philosophical speculation or this or this ism, that ism, that ism—no. Simple truth. That’s all. Just try to glorify the Supreme Lord, the great. That’s all. And whatever capacity you have got—not that you have to qualify yourself in this way.
It is very nice to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When I was first in Boston, I was thinking on the ship that “I have come to preach here Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I see these people are so much addicted to so many nonsense things. How I shall convince them? What shall I tell them? [chuckles] How they will understand me? It is a complete different culture, complete different…” I was thinking like that.
“Anyway, when Kṛṣṇa has sent me, let me try; otherwise I shall go back.” Yes. Actually I was thinking like that. I never thought that so many boys and girls will understand me and work with me. From the very beginning I was thinking that “It is impossible, because their mode of living, their mode of culture—everything is different. And I have brought Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I will have to say, ’You don’t take meat, you don’t take intoxication, don’t have illicit sex.’ How they will be able to do that?” I was thinking. But by Kṛṣṇa’s grace everything is possible. That is my practical experience.
So we have to work very sincerely, keeping our faith in Kṛṣṇa. Do this preaching work—it is not difficult—and be happy. And whatever service you render to Kṛṣṇa, that becomes your permanent asset, permanent bank balance, never to be spoiled. Such nice thing.
https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/%C5%9Br%C4%ABmad-bh%C4%81gavatam-79811/
Every devotee wants to chant the transcendental qualities of the Lord. Devotees are always interested in hearing about the Lord’s transcendental qualities, and they are always eager to glorify these qualities, but sometimes they feel inconvenienced by humbleness. The Personality of Godhead, being situated in everyone’s heart, specifically gives a devotee intelligence to describe Him. It is therefore understood that when a devotee writes or speaks about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his words are dictated by the Lord from within. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, Tenth Chapter: to those who constantly engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, the Lord, from within, dictates what to do next in order to serve Him. When Dhruva Mahārāja felt hesitant, not knowing how to describe the Lord for want of sufficient experience, the Lord, out of His causeless mercy, touched His conchshell to Dhruva’s forehead, and he was transcendentally inspired. This transcendental inspiration is called brahma-maya because when one is thus inspired, the sound he produces exactly corresponds to the sound vibration of the Vedas. This is not the ordinary sound vibration of this material world. Therefore the sound vibration of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, although presented in the ordinary alphabet, should not be taken as mundane or material.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/4/9/4