Who is Srila Prabhupada - his following in the footsteps

Srila Prabhupada, a glorious modern sage, shares his love with all he meets, via his profound teachings, which bring to life Lord Chaitanya's message: how to develop pure love for Krishna, or God. Srila Prabhupada's outstanding personality - his transcendental desires, qualities, character and personal history - is abundantly expressed in his lectures, conversations, letters and, to some degree, in his books. An endearing presentation on his following is found within this Vaniquotes category - My Following in the Footsteps (Prabhupada).

Following in a great person's footsteps enables one to develop similar habits to that person and thereby achieve similar success. This applies to spiritual progress also. As Srila Prabhupada followed in the footsteps of the great saints in the Vaishnava disciplic line, so must we. He has clearly stated that his policy is following in the footsteps of Rūpa Gosvāmī (a great saint) whose first and foremost lesson was that a person must develop attachment to Lord Kṛṣṇa if he wants to move forward in his devotional service.

An introduction is given below in the following 7 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings


vanipedia.org 		The entire Kali-yuga is full of faults. It is like an unlimited ocean of faults. But the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very authorized. Therefore, following in the footsteps of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who five hundred years ago inaugurated the movement of saṅkīrtana, kṛṣṇa-kīrtana, we are trying to introduce this movement, according to superior orders, all over the world. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.14.4)



vanipedia.org 		Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura therefore sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: unless one becomes a servant of a pure devotee, one cannot be delivered from the material condition of life. In our Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava society, following in the footsteps of Rūpa Gosvāmī, our first business is to seek shelter of a bona fide spiritual master (ādau gurv-āśrayaḥ). (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.10.25)



vanipedia.org 		Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī very kindly preached the bhakti cult in western India, and following in their footsteps the propagators of the Caitanya cult in the Western countries are spreading the saṅkīrtana movement and inculcating the principles of Vaiṣṇava behavior, thus purifying and reforming many persons who were previously accustomed to the culture of mlecchas and yavanas. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 10.89)



vanipedia.org 		In pursuance of the order of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, following His footsteps, we are trying to introduce this saṅkīrtana movement, Hare Kṛṣṇa, and it is coming out very successful. Everywhere. I am especially preaching in the foreign countries. All over Europe, America, Japan, Canada, Australia, I am traveling. Malaysia. And anywhere I have introduced this saṅkīrtana movement—we have got different centers, about sixty centers—they have been received with great pleasure. (Bhagavad-gītā Lecture, 29 July 1971, University of Florida)



vanipedia.org 		It must be approved by great ācāryas. We are pushing on this Kṛṣṇa consciousness not by whims. It is approved by great ācāryas. We are following their footsteps. That's all. That is our business. (General Lecture, 11 April 1969 ,New York)



vanipedia.org 		That is the order. In this old age I have come to your country. Why? Because we are trying to follow the footprints of Lord Caitanya; therefore we have come. Otherwise, in old age who goes out of home? Nobody goes. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 6 July 1968, Montreal)



vanipedia.org 		People must be intelligent enough to catch up this KC movement without being carried away by any sentimental wave. We should always remember that we do not belong to any group like the karmis, jnanis, or yogis. We belong to pure devotional service group, following the footprints of great mahajanas. Our purpose should be that we are in one side and all others they are on the other side. We deprecate everyone, even one who is against animal slaughter. (Letter, 19 November 1968, Los Angeles)


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