Srila Prabhupada: Always the Perfect Acharya​

Regarding the below photo, I was there in the group of devotees standing with Srila Prabhupada. It was 27 June 1971. Srila Prabhupada had just arrived at the San Francisco airport and he was waiting on the curbside for his ride to take him to the site of the Ratha Yatra to be held that day in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. His ride should have been there, but it was not. It took quite some time for it to arrive. Still without any complaint he simply patiently waited for his ride standing there like an aristocrat gentleman. In this way he was the perfect acharya teaching us by his example the art of patience.

My Beloved Spiritual Master: ISKCON Founder-Acharya
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

My Beloved Spiritual Master: ISKCON Founder-Acharya Prabhupada

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Srila Prabhupada at the San Francisco Airport

Answers According to Vedic Wisdom

Question: What is Heart, Soul, and Mind?

Dear Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhu,

Hare Krishna!. My name is Chitta, originally from India (Puri) but now staying at Copenhagen. I have some queries whose answers I am trying to find out to further motivates myself to proceed on the path of devotional services.

Q. What are the difference between heart, soul, and mind? where do they reside? Are they connected? Do they change body like changing clothes?

Kind regards
Chitta

Answer: As Follows

From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA

My Dear Chitta,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The heart is an organ made of gross matter. The soul is a spiritual particle that sits within the heart. The mind is hovering around the soul. The soul and mind travel with you when you take your next birth. The heart is left behind.

When you attain perfection, the material mind also stays behind and the pure mind, which is absolutely one with the soul, becomes fully awakened in one's original identity in the pastimes of Krishna in the spiritual world.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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