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We saw Krishna as the creator

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: When Prabhupada visited Dallas and spoke to us in the garden behind the temple, I remember a special moment which is only partly indicated here. Devotees were reading aloud to Prabhupada from the Krishna book, a prayer by Lord Siva who declared that Lord Krishna is the creator of the material elements. So, Srila Prabhupada asked, if we do not accept that Krishna made the sky, then who made it? My diary adds, there were no answers. There were no answers, but at that moment, many of us who were seated at Prabhupada's feet looked up at the big Texan sky, and because of Prabhupada's presence, we saw Krishna as the creator. It was a very simple but profound moment of shared God consciousness. By not answering Prabhupada's challenge as to who had made the sky, and by humbly accepting what he had said, we were able to see. Even from a sketchy diary like mine, one can appreciate how Prabhupada was scattering seeds of spiritual instructions wherever he went. Many of those bhakti seeds are still growing; some are waiting to be cultivated by whomever will come forward to do it.



Reference: ISKCON in the 1970s by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami