Prabhupāda Explains How Kṛṣṇa Supplies All the Needs of His Disciples
Developing unwavering faith in the supreme maintainer is the foundation of a peaceful spiritual life. To free his followers from economic anxiety, continuously assuring them that Kṛṣṇa provides everything is the approach Śrīla Prabhupāda utilizes. He explains that if his disciples simply dedicate their lives to distributing transcendental knowledge and maintain only their minimal bodily requirements, the Lord will personally supply all the facilities needed to push forward the saṅkīrtana movement.
Absolute Faith in the Supreme Master
When devotees dedicate their lives fully to spiritual service, they should never worry about their bodily maintenance. Because even mundane employers pay salaries to their workers, trusting that the Supreme Lord will never let His sincere servants starve is the logical conclusion Śrīla Prabhupāda presents. Relying completely on Kṛṣṇa builds the deep spiritual confidence required to execute preaching duties without financial anxiety.
- Actually due to our lack of Krishna consciousness sometimes we become disturbed with shortage of funds. But we should be confident that our necessities will certainly be fulfilled by the Supreme Lord.
- If we are sincere, Krishna will supply us with all necessities of life. When we serve some mundane master, he gives us sufficient salary, so when we serve the Supreme Master, how it is possible that He will keep us fasting?
- Our principle should be to serve Krishna very diligently with love and faith, and all necessary supplies will come without any difficulties.
- Our only means of subsistence is Krishna's grace, and all our needs are fulfilled by the Lord.
Preaching Invokes Prosperity
To successfully spread the movement across the globe, practical resources like funds and large buildings are absolute necessities. By assuring his disciples that Kṛṣṇa is the husband of the goddess of fortune, pointing out that wealth naturally follows sincere endeavor is the method Śrīla Prabhupāda uses to inspire them. He confirms that by aggressively printing and distributing transcendental literature, all financial needs for the saṅkīrtana mission will be effortlessly met.
- Distribute all the books, and print more, and in this way, Krishna is the husband of the Goddess of Fortune, you will get as much money and as many big buildings as you need for spreading Krishna consciousness movement.
- I have always said that if we simply rely on book distribution all our needs will be met.
- To spread the Krsna consciousness movement we need so many things, and Krsna is therefore supplying us the requisite money to advance this mission.
- Although we are very poor and have no professional source of income, Krsna supplies money whenever we need it. Whenever we need some men, Krsna supplies them. Thus it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita.
Regulating the Physical Necessities
While the Lord abundantly provides for His servants, a devotee must be extremely careful not to exploit this mercy for personal sense gratification. Maintaining robust physical health is vital for executing devotional service, which is why Śrīla Prabhupāda advises against both artificial starvation and gluttonous overeating. He trains his followers to accept only their minimum bodily necessities, completely avoiding the animalistic tendency to accumulate excess wealth.
- Everything should be regulated in devotional service. Just like eating. Eating is necessary to remain fit, but too much eating means disease and too little eating means starving. One must adjust things properly, that is the program of Krsna consciousness.
- You should take food just to maintain your health nicely. Similarly, other necessities of body must be taken care of. If you become diseased, then how you can execute Krsna consciousness?
- Whatever is required by you and your family to live nicely in Krishna consciousness, that much you should accept. Do not take more than what you actually need. And you should give what ever you can to the temple as donation. Nothing is compulsory.
- We are restricting, that "Don't work hard like hog and dog or animals. Just satisfy your minimal necessities of life, save time and advance in spiritual understanding." This is our mission.
The Ultimate Need of Human Society
The modern world suffers deeply due to an intense lack of spiritual direction and transcendental knowledge. Recognizing this global crisis, emphasizing that the greatest necessity of the age is widespread God consciousness is the ultimate vision Śrīla Prabhupāda shares. He urgently calls for intelligent, learned individuals to dedicate their lives to this preaching mission, knowing that this alone can save a doomed society from further degradation.
- Learned scholars like you are now needed to represent the cause of Krishna consciousness because without this consciousness the human society is doomed.
- There is a great need of awakening this Krsna consciousness all over the world because people, being lost of this consciousness, are creating only problems of life.
- Krsna consciousness movement needs many exalted, learned persons who will sacrifice their lives to revive God consciousness throughout the world.
- Simply theoretical knowledge. That is helpful, but training, that is the greatest need, that we have to create a set of first-class men. Then the world will be all right. That is an attempt of the Krsna consciousness movement, to make first class, ideal.
Conclusion
The anxieties of material existence disappear when one fully depends on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By ensuring his followers have exactly what they need to serve, demonstrating complete faith in divine providence is the standard Śrīla Prabhupāda sets for his society. Ultimately, he reveals that as long as the devotees remain sincere and focused on fulfilling the spiritual needs of humanity, Kṛṣṇa will abundantly supply all their necessities.
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