Krishna Prasadam is Simply Wonderful

At the conclusion of a lecture that Srila Prabhupada gave in Los Angeles on 20 July 1971 my godbrother, Nanda-Kiśora Prabhu asked Srila Prabhupada the following question:

"What happens to a person if we just give him out on the street one Simply Wonderful or some prasādam, one piece of prasādam?"

Srila Prabhupada replied, "That is wonderful, simply wonderful. (laughter) He has not tasted such wonderful sweet in his life. Therefore you give him wonderful, and because he's eating that wonderful sweet, one day he'll come to your temple and become wonderful."

The devotees chanted, "Jaya!"

And then Prabhupada said, "Therefore it is simply wonderful. So go on distributing this Simply Wonderful. Your philosophy is simply wonderful. Your prasādam is simply wonderful. You are simply wonderful. And your Kṛṣṇa is simply wonderful. The whole process of simply wonderful. And He acts wonderfully, and it is acting wonderfully. Who can deny it?"

One devotee said, "Prabhupada is simply wonderful."

And Srila Prabhupada concluded, "That's all right. You can become... Everyone. All right, have kīrtana."

So let continue distributing more and more prasadam. In this way the whole world will become simply wonderful.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sankarshan Das Preaches With Prasadam in 1972

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Question:

Hare Krishna Prabhu,

Prabhu, what if a person who took to Krishna Consciousness and then left it midway. What will happen to such a soul?

I have heard that Lord Krishna says that His devotee never perishes and He also says that even if His devotee due to some reason leaves the devotional service, still he will continue it in his next birth? Is this true?

Arya Sarita

Answer:

My Dear Arya,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Yes, whatever devotional service one has rendered is his eternal asset, even if he falls down from devotional service and goes back to material life. When in the next life or a future life he will resume his devotional service he will not start from the beginning. He will will start from where he left off. Gradually he will accrue enough spiritual assets to go back to Home, back to Godhead.

I hope this meets you in the best of health. 

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sankarshan Das Adhikari is one of the spiritual masters of the worldwide Hare Krishna Movement. He has dedicated the last 50 years of his life for bringing a spiritual revolution to planet earth by spreading the teachings of Lord Sri Krishna all over the world. He is based in Austin, Texas and when there is no pandemic he regularly travels all over the world teaching his audiences how to attain Krishna consciousness, the highest stage of spiritual awakening. He is available for media interviews and to speak to groups and organizations either in person or via the internet.