Morning Walk

Devotee Who Tastes Nectar Never Forgets, Krishna Remains Supreme Despite Mayavadi Doubt

📅 January 9, 1976 📍 Madras ⏱ 14 min
Once a devotee tastes Krishna's nectar, no material allurement can permanently bind them to forgetfulness.
Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca

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Acyutānanda: "...Please, everyone join and say, 'Sāi Rāma ki jaya.' " Nobody... Complete silence. Again he said, "Everyone say, 'Sāi Rāma,' " and somebody yelled out, "Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa," and the whole audience said, "Hare Kṛṣṇa," then he said "Hare Kṛṣṇa." [dog barking]

Prabhupāda: [gesturing to the dog.] Oh, Sāi Rāma. [laughter] Acyutānanda: Big Māyāvādī. And later on he had a very nice program for us. But the first day we visited—as I said, that he plays with snakes—so as we were leaving I said to Yaśodānandana Mahārāja, "I didn't see any snakes." He says, "Didn't you see that man on the āsana?

[Prabhupāda laughs] That big one?" Prabhupāda: That he said. Yaśodānandana: That was just between ourselves.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Acyutānanda: Then he had a program with us, and he was chanting. He was a very nice man. Yaśodānandana: He came and danced with us also.

Acyutānanda: And all the Śaivite brāhmaṇas doing the yajña, they came and danced with us like ghosts, like madmen. [break] Prabhupāda: ...that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, that is not very much liked by others. What do you think? Huh?

When you say that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, it is not very much liked by others. Huh? Indian man (1): Everyone likes. Prabhupāda: Everyone likes? Yaśodānandana: Except the Māyāvādīs. Prabhupāda: There are many Māyāvādīs. Yaśodānandana: They may not like, but they cannot prove the contrary. They cannot prove that Kṛṣṇa is not the Supreme. Indian man (1): Even in cinema, when they see the picture of Kṛṣṇa, the audience will feel very happy. Acyutānanda: Our cinema or on the outside? Indian man (1): Ordinary cinemas also. Acyutānanda: There is one actor who always plays Kṛṣṇa, N.T. Rama Rao.

So once he came on the street and everyone came following him and touching his feet. Prabhupāda: Ācchā? Acyutānanda: Because they thought he was Kṛṣṇa. Because they saw him playing Kṛṣṇa in every movie. So he had hundreds of people following him. [break] Prabhupāda: ...yata āyur-vyayaḥ param.

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