From Ultāḍāṅgā to The World: The Journey of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Mission | Global Youth Retreat 2023

Sound Bhakti

This building is exactly restored to its original state. We were here when they were rebuilding it, and we met the devotees—so expert. They used all the techniques that UNESCO uses. I saw at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. I went there once just to see the temple, and UNESCO, an international organization, had big piles of stones or broken bits of wall and things. They would label each one of them so that they could put them all together, thousands of them, so they could restore it to its original state. And that's the type of care that was taken here. The stairs that we walked up are the original stairs, and anything that could be preserved, the original materials for this building, were preserved. When Prabhupāda walked up the stairs and met his spiritual master, it's not as if his spiritual master touched him on the head and all of a sudden he became liberated. It's not that there was some light coming from his eyes, from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta's eyes. He spoke something to him. And what did he speak? He gave him service. He said, "I'd like you to do this." And Prabhupāda writes in the Bhāgavatam that the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a manifestation of His internal potency. It is by that potency that one comes to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Where does that order come from? It comes from those who have service in the paramparā. They've been given service because they approached somebody in the paramparā who already has service and said, "Please, can I have some service?" And service done sincerely always expands in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. You may take on some seemingly insignificant service, and if you do it sincerely, it will expand. Not only that, you become famous in this life, and in the next life, you just go back to Godhead. That's the power of the instruction for service given by the pure devotee. So Prabhupāda was given that because the saṅkīrtana movement is an active movement. It means there's something to do, and it's based on compassion for living beings. (excerpt from the talk 07:41) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only) https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose