Widespread - Expanding God's Glories
Śrīla Prabhupāda frequently employs the concept of being widespread to describe the unlimited expansion of the Supreme Lord's glories and the dynamic preaching spirit of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. From the eternal fame of the Absolute Truth to the global distribution of transcendental literature, the principle of expanding spiritual knowledge far and wide is a central pillar of his mission to respiritualize human society.
The Widespread Glories of the Lord
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the source of all existence, and thus His fame naturally permeates the entire cosmic manifestation. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that true spiritual life begins when one recognizes the Lord's supreme position and dedicates themselves to glorifying His widespread reputation.
- The only prayers worth offering are those offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose reputation is spread far and wide.
- In accordance with the line of devotional service to the Supreme Lord, whose fame is widespread, Dhruva, who in the future would receive a planet which would never be annihilated, even during the time of dissolution, offered his deliberate and conclusive prayers.
- If this brahmana really is Lord Visnu, who is worshiped by Vedic hymns, He would never give up His widespread reputation; either He would lie down having been killed by me, or He would kill me in a fight.
- Because Vidura was one of the descendants of that family, naturally he engaged in spreading wide the ever-new glories of the Lord. Maitreya felt happy to have such glorious company as Vidura.
The Widespread Fame of Devoted Souls
When a living entity attaches themselves to the service of the Supreme Lord, they inherit spiritual opulence. Śrīla Prabhupāda highlights that by studying transcendental narrations and engaging in pure devotion, the reputations of great devotees become as widespread as the Lord's.
- The learned are always advised to read this narration. If one does so, one will become expert in the activities of the senses, his opulence will increase, and his reputation will become widespread.
- The reputations of these eighteen sons are very widespread and are described in almost all the Vedic scriptures.
- One who rejects an offering that comes of its own accord but later begs a boon from a miser thus loses his widespread reputation, and his pride is humbled by the neglectful behavior of others.
- Actually, study of the Bhagavad-gita is the only source of understanding what is the secular state. Krishna is the source of all human cultural contributions, and His book is the most widespread read all over the world.
Widespread Distribution of Literature
The primary method for awakening dormant spiritual consciousness is the dissemination of Vedic knowledge. Śrīla Prabhupāda constantly urged his disciples to organize widespread publicity and mass distribution of foundational books to benefit humanity.
- These two books, Bhagavata and Bhagavad-gita, if they actually read and assimilate, their life will be successful. So we want to organize widespread publicity of these books. They will be benefited.
- When these books arrive to your Montreal temple, it will be great service if you can help your god-brothers in arranging for widespread sales of these books.
- Just do the needful and think always in your mind how much what you are doing will be pleasing to Krsna. That standard for pleasing Krsna is simply to spread this Krsna Consciousness message far and wide all over the globe.
- The devotees can dress up in respectable clothes like ladies and gentlemen in order to distribute my literatures under special circumstances, but even this program should not become widespread.
Spreading the Holy Name Far and Wide
The saṅkīrtana movement is designed to rescue the conditioned souls from the illusions of the material world. Śrīla Prabhupāda utilized every opportunity to make the chanting of the holy names widespread. In his narrations of the Lord's pastimes, he also used the concept of widening to vividly describe the material dangers Kṛṣṇa protects His devotees from, such as the widely opened mouth of the demon Aghāsura.
- Regarding the Beatles, if they chant the Hare Krishna Mantra, give them all facilities. Because if they make some Hare Krishna record, that will be widespread, and we want simply that the Hare Krishna Mantra may be very popular all over the world.
- At first the boys thought that the demon Aghasura was a statue, but after examining it they saw that it was a big serpent lying down on the road and widening his mouth.
- The boys began to talk among themselves: "Dear friends, this figure appears to be a great animal, and he is sitting in such a posture just to swallow us all. Just see - is it not a big snake that has widened his mouth to eat all of us?"
Conclusion
To understand the mission of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, one must appreciate its inherently expansive nature. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the Supreme Lord's fame is naturally widespread, and it is the duty of sincere devotees to act as instruments in spreading that transcendental glory to every town and village. Whether by distributing the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or by popularizing the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the goal is to make spiritual knowledge widespread. By dedicating one's life to this expansive service, a devotee not only achieves an eternal reputation but simultaneously delivers countless conditioned souls from the widened jaws of material existence.
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