Srila Prabhupada: The Unique Acharya :-) By Sri Yashodanandana Dasa The unique position of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is supported as follows: ¤ ¤ As the Acharya of his movement - I wish that each and every center shall keep the Acharya in the center and keep their separate identity. - 1967 letter ¤ ¤ His unique position as the foremost spiritual authority for the golden age - My books will be the law books for the next ten thousand years. - Srila Prabhupada statement in Los Angeles, 1976. >>> Statement by Lochana das Thakura (middle of the 16th century) - In the Chaitanya Mangala the future appearance of a great senapati bhakta who would preach Krishna consciousness all over the world is predicted. Statement by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - In the Chaitanya-charitamrita the Lord Himself predicts, Prthivite ache yadi nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara hoibe more nama. Translation: My holy name will be chanted in every town and village. Srila Prabhupada fulfilled that prediction by his factual accomplishments. Predicted by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (middle of the 19th century) - The statement in the Sajjana Tosani of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, regarding the future appearance of a great personality who would come to the west and preach the message of Lord Gauranga and fulfill the prediction of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The following is a translation from the journal Vaishnava Tosani: Sriman Mahaprabhu did not descend with His associates to deliver a certain number of human beings in the land of India, but rather His purpose was to deliver and uplift all living beings in all countries of the world by preaching the eternal religion of all souls. He has personally said: ‘Prthivi-parjanta jata ache desa gram, sarvatra pracara hoibe more nama’Translation:‘My name will be preached in all the countries and towns that exist throughout the world.’ - Chaitanya Bhagavata, Antya 4.126. ”There are many kinds of religion in the world, and among all of them the highest development of religion is the congregational chanting of the Supreme Lord’s Divine Names. Of this there is no doubt. Alas! When will that day come when all greatly fortunate souls in countries such as England, France, Russia, Prussia and America will take up banners, kettle drums, mridangas and karatalas and thus cause the ecstatic waves of Hari Nama Kirtan and the singing of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s holy name to rise in the streets of their towns and cities? O, when will that day come, when pure and transcendental Krishna prema (love of God) will be the only religion of all souls and all tiny sectarian religions will meet in the unlimited and universal religion of devotional service to Krishna, as rivers merge into the great ocean? O, when will that day come? - From the Sajjana-tosani of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, late 1800s And who fulfilled that wish and prediction of Bhaktivinode Thakura? - Srila Prabhupada. Statement by Srila Prabhupada in New York in 1968 - After me there will be no more Acharyas - recounted by Rohini Kumar Swami in July 1989, November 1991 and February 1993). He was to be the prominent Acharya for the next 10,000 years. From the definition of shakti-avesha avatar - divinely empowered personality - we see that Srila Prabhupada was such a person. Only a super-empowered personality could do what Prabhupada has done. [continue in comments] :-)
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