Srila Prabhupada- “You will be judged after your death, every one of us. Of course, if he takes Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously, then the path is automatic. Automatically you go back to home, back to Godhead. There is no question of judgment. Judgment is for the criminals, the rascals who are not Kṛṣṇa conscious. But if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious, even if you cannot finish the job in this life, even if you fall, still, you will be given another chance of human body, to begin where you ended, to begin from the point where you fell down.”
Srila Prabhupada- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also said:
na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukyī tvayi
“O Lord of the universe, I do not desire material wealth, materialistic followers, a beautiful wife or fruitive activities described in flowery language. All I want, life after life, is unmotivated devotional service to You.” (Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)
By saying “life after life” (janmani janmani), the Lord referred not to an ordinary birth but a birth in which to remember the lotus feet of the Lord. Such a body is desirable. A devotee does not think like yogīs and jñānīs, who want to refuse a material body and become one with the impersonal Brahman effulgence. A devotee does not like this idea. On the contrary, he will accept any body, material or spiritual, for he wants to serve the Lord. This is real liberation.
Srila Prabhupada- He ( a devotee) should also make friendship with persons who are on an equal level with himself or who have the same understanding that he does. For a devotee, there is no point in making friendships with ordinary persons; he should make friendship with other devotees so that by discussing among themselves, they may elevate one another on the path of spiritual understanding. This is called iṣṭa-goṣṭhī.
Srila Prabhupada- If a disciple is very serious to execute the mission of the spiritual master, he immediately associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by vāṇī or vapuḥ . This is the only secret of success in seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Instead of being eager to see the Lord in some bush of Vṛndāvana while at the same time engaging in sense gratification, if one instead sticks to the principle of following the words of the spiritual master, he will see the Supreme Lord without difficulty.
Srila Prabhupada- A devotee should also be compassionate to the poor. This does not refer to those who are poverty-stricken materially. According to devotional vision, a man is poor if he is not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A man may be very rich materially, but if he is not Kṛṣṇa conscious, he is considered poor. On the other hand, many ācāryas, such as Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, used to live beneath trees every night. Superficially it appeared that they were poverty-stricken, but from their writings we can understand that in spiritual life they were the richest personalities.
In spiritual life, one must conduct one’s whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. If one desires to advance in spiritual life but he acts whimsically, not following the orders of the spiritual master, he has no shelter. Yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi.
Srila Prabhupada – Sadācāra means good behavior…. Anyone who wants to make progress in spiritual life, he must be sadācāra. His behavior must be very regulated . Asadācārī, unclean, non regulated, cannot make any progress. If somebody says that, “Whatever you like, you can do. There is no difference. You can imagine your own way . . .” This is going on nowadays. “Whatever you like, you can do…” But that is not recommended in the Vedic literatures. One must be sadācāra. This is the beginning of sadācāra : to rise early in the morning, to cleanse, then chant the Vedic mantras or, simplified as in the present age, Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. This is the beginning of sadācāra. So sadācāra means to become freed from sinful reaction . Unless one follows the regulative principles he cannot be freed. And unless one is fully freed from sinful reaction, he cannot understand what is God .
And as soon as you become experienced in hearing, you become a preacher — kirtanam. Immediately. One who has heard nicely, he will try to become a kirtaniya, or preacher . That is natural. That is natural.
O my Lord, I am Your unmotivated servant, and You are my eternal master. There is no need of our being anything other than master and servant. You are naturally my master, and I am naturally Your servant. We have no other relationship.
Oh Krishna, the Lord of love and compassion, We offer this prayer for Sripada Kadamba Kanana Swami, Who left his body in Vrindavan, in an exemplary way, A shining example of devotion and surrender, we can say.
He was a stalwart preacher in ISKCON, A pure Vaishnava, a loving spiritual master, A kirtan leader, a hands-on manager, His energy and positivity were like a divine elixir.
He helped thousands of devotees far and wide, Guiding them on the path of bhakti with pride, Spreading your message of love and devotion, Maharaj was a true spiritual inspiration.
Though he has left his mortal body, His spirit lives on in the hearts of many, May he find eternal bliss in your divine abode, And continue to inspire us on the bhakti road.
We will miss his divine association, His wisdom, his guidance, his inspiration, But we take solace in the fact, That he is now with you, Oh Krishna, where he belongs in fact.
Oh Krishna, please bless us with your grace, That we may follow in the footsteps of HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Serving you with all our hearts, in every place, And attain Your eternal abode, where we will all be together again.
