Krsna's eternal Abode in the spiritual world, is where His dear devotees can choose to "always" think of Him and never forget Him.

Vyasa puja offering to Srila Prabhupada, September 5, 2026

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvatî Gosvâmî. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanya deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivas adi gaura bhakta vrinda.

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada who arrived in the Western world 61 years ago (1965) at the advanced age of 69 years old with a wonderful gift for the entire world. 

In just 12 short years, Srila Prabhupada's teachings of Lord Krsna Caitanya Mahāprabhu (God) have become established in Cities and farming communities all over the world.

Srila Prabhupada, you taught us in those early years of ISKCON, that life in this temporary decaying material world is consistently difficult, and to help us advance and become serious in spiritual life, you made it a condition of initiation,  that your disciples must always chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Maha Mantra 16 rounds a day and read your Books daily in the association of serious devotees, telling us by following your instructions, Kṛṣṇa will always help us and protect us on our spiritual journey. 

Despondently over the years some devotees have experienced great struggles in their endeavor to realise and follow your strict standards mentioned above, you warned us that the spiritual pathway is never easy as scripture confirms:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is - "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection,  hardly one knows Me in truth." (BG, Ch 7 text 3) 

Srila Prabhupada, you have also personally taught me that no matter how fallen we are, we should never give up the ultimate goal of achieving Krsna Consciousness. You personally told me this while I was guarding your room in Melbourne Temple in early 1976, giving me further appreciation and understanding of a letter you sent me in 1975.

I have learnt over the years that pure selfless devotees like you Srila Prabhupada, are extremely rare to find, associate with and serve.

Fortunately for us, before you left this world in November 1977, you had already trained up many of your young disciples that are still here today in 2026, helping a new generation of devotees. 

Such dedicated devotees are recognised by their Krsna Conscious words (by always remembering Krsna and never forgetting Him), actions and guidance towards the fallen individual jiva-souls suffering in this decaying material world. 

You taught us to be vigilant in this degraded age of Kali-yuga, that is polluted by hypocrisy, envy, fault finding, lust, anger, exploitation, quarrel and the selfish accumulation of wealth (greed) also gathered by impersonal imposters masquerading as religious, political and community leaders. 

There is always hope for the vigilant, honest and sincere seekers of truth, even if there is some fall down along the way in their attempts to be Krsna Conscious, such spiritual alert devotees, even in this Kali-yuga, will never let themselves be cheated by charismatic bullies masquerading as leaders, who rule with abuse, exploitation and fear tactics.

Such impersonal bogus so called leaders exist in many cults around the world, who impersonate spiritual teacherings but have no idea how to properly see beyond the external material bodily covering (matter) of the individual jiva-soul (anti-matter), and properly guide all genuine seekers of truth on their pathway back home, back to Godhead (Krsna). 

A bonafide Spiritual Master like Srila Prabhupada, leads all sincere seekers of truth who follow your instructions, to voluntarily choose to serve Krsna in a capacity they desire. 

Also, in Vedic teachings, there is no such punishment as eternal damnation for the sinful and fallen individual jiva-souls because Karmic reactions, good and bad, are temporary.

Serious devotees of Krsna will always question anyone who claims to be an authority on Vedic teachings. For such devotees, there is always a clear roadway pathed out with devotional contributions, cooperation, loving exchanges and reciprocation voluntarily followed to achieve the goal of entering the spiritual world.

The spiritual world's of the Vaikuntha planets and Goloka-Vrindavana are Kṛṣṇa's eternal Abodes where intensional co-operation and exchanges are eternally expanding the reciprocation between Krsna and His dear devotees.

Krsna's eternal Abode is where His dear devotees always think of Him, try to please him in play, and never forget Him, with the only desire to selflessly contribute to His amazing Pastimes. 

Association with Krsna in the spiritual world is deliberately a two-way relationship of reciprocation, cooperation, personal convictions expressed as loving exchanges, which are eternally expanding, thriving and enriching the relationship with Krsna in a unlimited variety of devotional amazing ways. 

By choosing to voluntarily serve Krsna in this way, in a non-dictatorial but co-operative reciprocal way, the individual jiva-souls (devotees) will perpetually remain in the spiritual world of pure devotional servicen with out ever falling down to the temporary material world of repeated birth and death. 

Genuine love or service is only possible between two, on a two-way street of loving returns, personal contributions and reciprocation. Such a loving atmosphere of giving and sharing between Krsna and His devotees, is always encouraged by Krsna just so love is expressed in two directions.  

Srila Prabhupāda – "Love means a relationship between "two persons", then there is exchange, then there is love. I must deal with you open-hearted, you must deal with me open-hearted, then there is love. So if you want to love Kṛṣṇa, God, then these things must be there." (Aug 9, 1976, Tehran)

Srila Prabhupada - "We have got the propensity to love. Love means somebody else. Love cannot be one or love cannot be executed by only one, there must be two. I love somebody; somebody loves me, there must be lover, there must be the beloved, and the reciprocation between both, then their is love." (SB, Canto 1 Ch 2 text 6, Delhi, Nov 12, 1973)

The golden rule is to remember Krsna with dedicated voluntary service, and never forget Him. 

Krsna's surrendered devotees never lose their individual ability to contribute their own personal unique distinctive offerings based on personal convictions, intensional participation and collaboration within Krsna's eternal Pastimes. 

Krsna always encourages His devotees to willingly offer individual loving additions to the relationship that adds mystery and variegatedness to the devotees further spiritual offerings, participation and advancement in Krsna's sweet Pastimes.

As Srila Prabhupada taught us, we must never forget that Krsna serves and loves His dear devotees far more than they can ever serve and love Him.

By looking hard enough and praying to Kṛṣṇa and His established pure devotees like Srila Prabhupada for their wonderful guidance, the sincere devotees will only associate and seek out Krsna's genuine pure devotees, and never bow down to the impersonal bogus Kali-yuga imposters exploiting human society all over the world.

Only then can aspiring devotees find real caring genuine Vaisnava devotees of Krsna who humbly nurture and encourage them to deliberately serve Krsna the best way they can, instead of being compelled or threatened to serve in a dictatorial forceful way. Real devotional service is always voluntary and never forced. Only then will the present impersonalism infesting human society around the world stop.

Thank you Srila Prabhupada for bringing this wonderful Krsna Consciousness movement to the entire world.

Your fallen yet aspiring and determined servant Gauragopala dasa (initiated on July 10, 1972 in Sydney Australia).  

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Srila Prabhupada - "In the spiritual world service there that is always voluntary. Some devotees want to serve Krsna as flower; so they become flower there. If I want to be a flower, I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krsna and become flower, voluntarily, and can change from flower to human body if I choose. That is spiritual life, there is no restrictions. If some devotee wants to serve Krsna as cow, he serves Krsna as cow, or as calf, as bird, as plant, as water, as ground, as field, as a flagpole, as a chair, as a chariot, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything. It is inconceivable, yet a fact." (SB, Canto 6 Ch 1 text 1-4, Melb, Australia May 20, 1975)

Srila Prabhupada - "Free will means that you can act wrongly, that is free will. Unless there is chance of doing wrong or right, there is no question of free will. Where is free will then? If I act only one sided, that means I have no free will. Because we act sometimes wrongly, that means free will."

Hayagriva dasa - "A man may know better but still act wrongly."

Srila Prabhupada -"Yes, but that is free will. He misuses his, just like a thief, he knows that his stealing, it is bad, but still he does it. That is free will. He cannot check his greediness, so in spite of his knowing that he is doing wrong thing—he will be punished, he knows; he has seen another thief, he was punished, he was put into prison— everything he knows, but still he steals. Why? Misuse of free will. Unless there is misuse of free will, there is no question of free will." (Talk on Rene Descartes philosophy).