Prabhupāda Trains His Disciples to Rely on Kṛṣṇa's Help
Navigating the dangerous ocean of the material world is an impossible task for the conditioned soul to accomplish alone. Śrīla Prabhupāda deeply instills within his disciples the realization that success in spiritual life depends entirely on the mercy and active assistance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By teaching them to act with absolute sincerity and dependence, he ensures they never feel isolated, knowing Kṛṣṇa is always ready to help.
The Reward for Sincerity
The Supreme Lord is fully self-satisfied and requires no service, yet He eagerly watches for the slightest genuine desire from the living entity. Śrīla Prabhupāda trains his followers to understand that their actual qualification is not their material ability, but their sincere determination, which automatically attracts Kṛṣṇa's boundless help.
- Simply be determined to practice the process of Bhakti-yoga with whatever abilities you may have. If you are really sincere, then Krishna will give you help.
- If you keep your heart in that attitude, that you want to become a pure and sincere devotee, you must be a sincere devotee. And Krishna will help you. You have to keep your heart in that way, that is your business.
- You are all intelligent boys, and you should be engaged in Krishna's service. Then He will give you all intelligence. So in every action we should always pray to Krishna for His help so that we may act it nicely.
- Krsna is always ready to help us, provided we are also ready to cooperate with Him. If we cooperate with Him, what Krsna desires, if we want to do little, immediately Krsna will help you. If you work one percent, Krsna will help you ten percent.
Help from Within and Without
Because the conditioned soul is often covered by illusion, Kṛṣṇa makes special arrangements to rescue His devotees. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Lord provides a dual system of guidance, directing the sincere disciple from within the heart as the Supersoul, and from without as the spiritual master.
- Krsna is so kind. Guru-krsna-krpa. Krsna is helping from within, but sometimes we are so dull, naturally, that we cannot understand. Therefore He sends His representative to instruct externally. So He is helping internally and externally.
- Krsna is within you. He'll give you. As soon as you become a pure devotee, all dictation will come from within. And besides that, Krsna is helping, inside and outside. Outside is spiritual master; inside Krsna Himself. Where is the difficulty?
- He (Krsna) helps us from within as Caitya Guru and He expands Himself externally as Siksa Guru (as instructor) and diksa Guru (initiator).
- You should know that it is all due to your sincerity of heart; when we are sincere, Krishna will always help us, either in external direction by the Spiritual Master, or internally by His Paramatma expansion.
The Preacher's Absolute Dependence
Expanding the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement often places devotees in intimidating and resource-starved situations. To remove their anxiety, Śrīla Prabhupāda utilizes his own historical example of arriving in America penniless, proving that a dedicated preacher never starves because Kṛṣṇa personally supplies all necessary facilities.
- Preaching is independent. If you have got desire, you can preach in any circumstances and Krsna will help you. I have practically experienced. I went to your country without any help, without any money. Alone.
- I was maintaining the establishment simply depending on Krishna and then Krishna sent me everything - men and money. Similarly, if a sincere soul goes out and opens a center in any part of the world Krishna will help him in all respects.
- Krishna will send you help in men and money. So do not be agitated. If no one will come then you may live alone with Krishna and I am sure that Krishna will give you all facilities for progress in the very near future.
- I understand that Krishna has helped you with some source of income. All the money we require is simply to meet our necessities, and we do not require any more for the purpose of sense gratification.
The Formula for Receiving Help
While Kṛṣṇa's mercy is causeless, the disciple must become qualified to receive and retain it. Śrīla Prabhupāda guarantees that Kṛṣṇa will fully back any disciple, provided they strictly maintain their vows, chant the holy names daily, and do not invent their own spiritual processes.
- Don't try to manufacture some artificial process. The process I have already given. Now you simply have to follow it strictly and Krishna will give you all help.
- Now my request to you is that you go on faithfully chanting daily 16 rounds at least and follow all our principles, and Krsna will help you advance in Krsna consciousness.
- Please try and render devotional service very carefully following all of the rules and regulations mentioned in our books. Always chant at least 16 good rounds daily. If you try very sincerely to do these things Krishna will help you.
- Keep yourself strong in all respects by following very carefully all of our rules and regulations without fail. If you try sincerely, Krishna will help you, He will supply all strength and ability.
Conclusion
The perfection of the spiritual master-disciple relationship is built on profound trust and unalloyed dependence. Śrīla Prabhupāda continually reassures his followers that they are never fighting the illusory energy alone. By establishing the simple formula of strictly following the regulative principles and acting with a sincere heart, he empowers his disciples to execute their preaching duties fearlessly. Ultimately, Śrīla Prabhupāda proves that when a devotee takes one genuine step toward Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord takes ten steps toward them, supplying unlimited intelligence and resources to guarantee their return back to Godhead.
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