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Srila Prabhupada responded, "Jaya, Srila Prabhupada!"

Ranjit das: After entering the room for initiation into the Gayatri mantra, I offered my respects to Srila Prabhupada and when I got up I cried out, "Jaya, Srila Prabhupada!" at which Srila Prabhupada responded, "Jaya, Srila Prabhupada!" At first I was a little taken aback, but in a split second I realized that this was Srila Prabhupada offering respect to his spiritual master. This was a lesson to me that a spiritual master never accepts gifts or praise or any kind of respect on his own behalf but always on behalf of his spiritual master, and then the spiritual master in turn passes this on to his, and in this way things are offered ultimately to Krishna Himself.


Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Ranjit Dasa





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