Srila Prabhupada April 1977 prediction – “Not that you take the place of the guru. That is nonsense, very dangerous. Then everything will be spoiled. As soon as you become ambitious to take the place of guru—guruṣu nara-matiḥ . . . that is the material disease. “Hare Krishna, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, an excellent prediction by Srila Prabhupada is presented below just a few months prior to his physical departure.
Key predictions:
- This is our position. That is very easy for us. We haven’t got to manufacture. To manufacture idea is troublesome.
- What our guru has said, that is our life and soul. We do not want . . .” āra nā kariha mane āśā.
- As soon as this poison will come—”Suppress guru and I become prominent”—everything finished. Spiritual life is finished. Gauḍīya Maṭha finished, that . . . violated the orders of Guru Mahārāja.
- Whatever little success is there for me, I did not manufacture any idea.
- Our mission is to serve bhakta-viśeṣa and live with devotees.
- Not that you take the place of the guru. That is nonsense, very dangerous.
- As soon as you become ambitious to take the place of guru—guruṣu nara-matiḥ . . .that is the material disease.
Taken from :Conversation,Bombay, April 20, 1977
Prabhupāda: This is our position. That is very easy for us. We haven’t got to manufacture. To manufacture idea is troublesome. Why should we take trouble? And as soon as you want to manufacture something, to . . . (indistinct) . . . that is dangerous. Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya, āra nā kariha mane āśā. This is . . . you are singing every day, “What our guru has said, that is our life and soul. We do not want . . .” āra nā kariha mane āśā. And your guru’s article, you have given. Do you think is all right? We are reading every day, yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. As soon as this poison will come—”Suppress guru and I become prominent”—everything finished. Spiritual life is finished. Gauḍīya Maṭha finished, that . . . violated the orders of Guru Mahārāja.
Patita-pāvana: In that press release that we gave the paper we wrote a great deal about the work of Your Divine Grace in the West and how . . .
Prabhupāda: So how you get it that “Here is only prominent, Surabhi Swami”?
Patita-pāvana: One thing is, he’s a Christian.
Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be . . .
Patita-pāvana: I guess so. It’s true.
Prabhupāda: He has nothing to do . . .
Patita-pāvana: But we have emphasized that several times in the talk.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. What is that?
Girirāja:
sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manyeyan māṁ vadasi keśavana hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁvidur devā na dānavāḥ(BG 10.14)
sarvam—all; etat—these; ṛtam—truth; manye—accept; yat—which; mām—unto me; vadasi—You tell; keśava—Kṛṣṇa. Translation: “O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality.”
Prabhupāda: So it is easy for us. What Kṛṣṇa says and Vyāsadeva says, that’s all. We haven’t got to manufacture. And as soon as you manufacture, fall down. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayaḥ . . . (BG 4.2). This manufacturing idea is very, very dangerous in spiritual life. Whatever little success is there for me, I did not manufacture any idea.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Neither you take any credit.
Prabhupāda: No. Why shall I take?
tāṅdera caraṇa-sevī-bhakta-sane vāsajaname janame mor ei abhilāṣa(Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura)
Our mission is to serve bhakta-viśeṣa and live with devotees. Not that you take the place of the guru. That is nonsense, very dangerous. Then everything will be spoiled. As soon as you become ambitious to take the place of guru—guruṣu nara-matiḥ . . . that is the material disease. The article clearly says that it is everything “Your city,” “His city.” That is clearly intimated that, “You have dropped from the sky to give this city to the world.” That is the sum and substance. Is it not? What is this nonsense? (pause) So do the needful.
Patita-pāvana: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. (devotees offer obeisances) (end)