In this brief devotional segment, Speaker A introduces Gopal Krishna Goswami (referred to as Gopal Krishna Maharaj) and expresses admiration for his continual dedication to offering mangala arthik (auspicious financial offerings) to Krishna Balaram. The speaker marvels at how Goswami manages his many activities while maintaining deep affection and attachment to the Krishna Balaram Mandir, highlighting his exemplary devotion.
We're very happy to have the opportunity. Gopal Krishna Maharaj will speak to us for a few minutes.
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I find he's very amazing because everything he does, and somehow or other every time I look up, he's doing offering mangala arthik to Krishna Balaram. So I don't know how he gets around as much as he does, but he's definitely doing it and has great affection and attachment to Krishna Balaram Mandir.
Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna. I have a throat problem. My throat is not so loud. Can you hear me? Om Akhyan, Tivendasya, Jnananjanaśvakya, Jagjīvan Janīnā, Esmāi Śrī Gūrāvānava. So once again we are assembled and we are hearing Prabhupāda's transcendental qualities. Prabhupāda was once speaking in London on the disappearance day of His Guru Mahārāja. And Prabhupāda said, "What can I speak about Him? He was a Vaiṣṇava man." So Prabhupāda also is a Vaiṣṇava man. And Prabhupāda appeared why? To fulfill the, to fulfill the desire of His all the devotees. Tāgopākṣinoda had stated, very soon, Sera Pāṭī, holy woman, will appear, will take Lord Caitanya's message to the whole world. And Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had also predicted, the Holy Name will be chanted in every town and village of the world. So Prasāda RAVAL came from the spiritual world, to help fulfill the predictions made by great souls, sages. And Prabhupāda had only one interest, and that is to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And from Prabhupāda's life we see how he struggled, struggled for such a long time. Before going to the West, Prabhupāda struggled a lot in India. And when he went to the West, again had to face difficult challenges. But he was determined. His constant meditation was, "I must fulfill the instruction given by my guru mahārāja." What was that instruction? Bhaktisiddhānta Mahāprabhu, in the first meeting, recognized he is a young man who will fulfill our Chaitanya's prediction. So Prabhupāda came from the spiritual world, And because of his purity, he established Kṛṣṇa consciousness in all corners of the country. Prabhupāda's only desire was that people take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And his constant meditation was that Kṛṣṇa consciousness may be— may spread. From Prabhupāda's life we see how he was determined. And when He was facing all these challenges, He was still determined. Prabhupāda once went to Śrīmad-Bhāgavata Mahāprabhu's office, and He was looking for someone who will help finance the printing of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Kanto or second Kanto. So Prabhupāda would— the secretary would not let him see Him. Prabhupāda would go every day and spend a whole day outside her office. Then finally she invited Prabhupāda. Eventually, eventually fulfilled her heart's desire. So Prabhupāda's purity attracted everyone. Prabhupāda said, "Purity is the force." And Prabhupāda's conscious desire was This Krishna consciousness, Sūṣṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda encouraged us to read his books and distribute his books. Lately, the past few years, we were embarked on a special marathon to distribute the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets. And this year, the marathon that the Indian temples distributed Close to 45,000 Bhagavadam sets. Wow! This was almost unheard of. We couldn't expect that. And then we found a letter from Prabhupāda in which he said, "I want every house in India to have a Bhagavadam set and a Chaitanya Charitāmitra set." So now in India we are embarking on a special campaign to fulfill this desire of Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda said, "Everything you need to know is there in my books." Sometimes you hear people say, "Oh, we have to read the books of Gosvāmī." You can, but everything we need to know is there in Prabhupāda's books. If you study these books, put them into practice, then your Kṛṣṇa consciousness will be strong. So Śrīla Prabhupāda, he opened so many centers all over the country. And Śrīla Prabhupāda, he endeavored to establish Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And if you want to be True to Prabhupāda's instructions, we should bring his books and distribute his books. Prabhupāda also said, "Your love for Me will be shown how you cooperate." So the movement is quite big. It's very essential that we cooperate with each other. And if we cooperate, we get the mercy of the Lord. In the Bhāgavatam you read that Lord was very pleased with the prajñitas. He told the prajñitas, "I'm very pleased with all of you. May all of you have only one occupation, devotional service." So everything we need to know is there in Prabhupāda books, and we should cooperate with each other, and we should try to help each other in practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. On this auspicious day, Prabhupāda's disappearance day, we have the opportunity to hear glorification of Prabhupāda. And even if we hear Prabhupāda's glory every day, still it won't retire. So, and Prabhupāda came from the spiritual world to give us pure message of Godhead. So I would offer my respects Then about to Prabhupāda. And we hope that Prabhupāda's mercy, we'll go on serving Him. And Prabhupāda gave us so many wonderful opportunities to serve Him. So we should have full faith in Prabhupāda's instruction and dedicate ourselves to spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. What did Prabhupāda say? 'Love for Me will be shown how you cooperate.' And Prabhupāda said, 'You want to preach, you want to please Him, what do we do?' 'Preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness.' And it's gone in a very nice environment for preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we should dedicate our lives proper instructions and endeavor to realize those instructions. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna.
