Make All World's Leaders Krishna Conscious
In Los Angeles on 29 December 1973 Srila Prabhuapda explained as follows:
"My Guru Maharaja used to say that when we shall see that the high-court judges are devotees of Krishna, then our preaching will be somewhat forward. So that is the aim of Krishna consciousness movement, that everyone, at least those who are ruling, those who are on the executive function, they must be all maha-bhagavatas (pure devotees). Under them everything should be ruled. Then people will be happy. Because they will never do anything unjustly."
So this is our aim. We want to make all the world's leaders pure devotees of Krishna. If we can do this, we will experience globally once the happy days of Bhagavat Dharma (Vedic culture) as in ancient times when it flourished all over the world.
It is OK to pray for the others - devotees and non devotees or not? I mean personally. Gurumataji told, if I correctly understood, that when we are chanting we are already praying. But when I am chanting Hare Krishna I don't feel I am praying for others and I also don't feel that I am chanting because I want to save the world.
It is OK to pray for each other if there is a need? Because now I see that I am egoistic and I don't want to pray for others. So if I try to chant at least one round for the others it will give benefit not only for the others but and for me. I'll become less egoistic.
Devotees are practicing praying for each other, for example, when they are sick. Spiritual masters are praying for their disciples. It is said that prayers of devotees are very powerful. So I make the conclusion that it's good to pray for each other.
Please, help me to figure out in all this.
Your servant,
Aurinta
Vilnius, Lithuania
Neophyte devotees tend to concoct prayers that are tinged with material sense gratification and are therefore advised to only pray by chanting Hare Krishna and the authorized prayers of the great Vaisnava Acharyas, such as the Gurvastakam prayers that we sing at mangala arati, and the Siksastakam prayers composed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If we pray improperly for material sense gratification, such praying will keep us entangled in the cycle of birth and death. This is why the neophyte devotee should only pray via the authorized prayers of the great Vaisnava Acaryas.
If a devotee is sick, we should personally take care of him to nurse him back to health. This is real love. It is not that we should simply utter some prayer and go away.
Bona fide spiritual masters fully dedicate their every thought, word, and deed in all times, places, and circumstances for the deliverance of all living beings who are suffering in the cycle of birth, not just their disciples.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
"My Guru Maharaja used to say that when we shall see that the high-court judges are devotees of Krishna, then our preaching will be somewhat forward. So that is the aim of Krishna consciousness movement, that everyone, at least those who are ruling, those who are on the executive function, they must be all maha-bhagavatas (pure devotees). Under them everything should be ruled. Then people will be happy. Because they will never do anything unjustly."
So this is our aim. We want to make all the world's leaders pure devotees of Krishna. If we can do this, we will experience globally once the happy days of Bhagavat Dharma (Vedic culture) as in ancient times when it flourished all over the world.
Srila Prabhupada Teaches Bhagavat Dharma-New Vrindavan, 1972
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Question: How to Pray for Others?
I still don't understand about praying for others.It is OK to pray for the others - devotees and non devotees or not? I mean personally. Gurumataji told, if I correctly understood, that when we are chanting we are already praying. But when I am chanting Hare Krishna I don't feel I am praying for others and I also don't feel that I am chanting because I want to save the world.
It is OK to pray for each other if there is a need? Because now I see that I am egoistic and I don't want to pray for others. So if I try to chant at least one round for the others it will give benefit not only for the others but and for me. I'll become less egoistic.
Devotees are practicing praying for each other, for example, when they are sick. Spiritual masters are praying for their disciples. It is said that prayers of devotees are very powerful. So I make the conclusion that it's good to pray for each other.
Please, help me to figure out in all this.
Your servant,
Aurinta
Vilnius, Lithuania
Answer: Chant Hare Krishna Without Offense
The most important prayer is the Hare Krishna mantra. In this prayer we are begging the Lord and His energy to please engage us their pure devotional service. When we chant Hare Krishna we are chanting for our own deliverance and also automatically we are chanting for the deliverance of all living beings who are entangled in the cycle of birth and death in this rotten material world. It is not that you should dedicate a particular round for a particular purpose. Every round that we chant bestows the highest good both upon us and all living beings throughout all of existence.Neophyte devotees tend to concoct prayers that are tinged with material sense gratification and are therefore advised to only pray by chanting Hare Krishna and the authorized prayers of the great Vaisnava Acharyas, such as the Gurvastakam prayers that we sing at mangala arati, and the Siksastakam prayers composed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If we pray improperly for material sense gratification, such praying will keep us entangled in the cycle of birth and death. This is why the neophyte devotee should only pray via the authorized prayers of the great Vaisnava Acaryas.
If a devotee is sick, we should personally take care of him to nurse him back to health. This is real love. It is not that we should simply utter some prayer and go away.
Bona fide spiritual masters fully dedicate their every thought, word, and deed in all times, places, and circumstances for the deliverance of all living beings who are suffering in the cycle of birth, not just their disciples.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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