Sato Vrtteh
by Svami Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti
Following in the Footsteps of Previous Acaryas
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SRILA A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SVAMI PRABHUPADA
Harinama of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta SvamiPrabhupada
Srila Prabhupada showed an example of extreme love to everybody, and he always encouraged his disciples to become pure devotees. He requested all of his disciples to become spiritual masters. Prabhupada appointed a Governing Body Commission (GBC) to manage many of the administrative affairs in his mission. He also authorized some of his disciples to give initiation on his behalf while he was still present, and he indicated that they could later continue functioning as spiritual masters in his mission. He recommended that they take guidance from Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja, but unfortunately after Prabhupada left, controversy arose over that instruction Srila Prabhupada left the world on the 14th of November, 1977 to enter his nitya-lila, his eternal loving relationship with Sri Sri Radha Govindaji and Sri Sri Radha Syamasundaraji in Vrndavana. His eternal spiritual form is that of an intimate servant of the sweet will of the divine couple, and his extraordinary legacy of service to the whole Vaisnava world will never be forgotten. As time passes on, his disciples share in the duty to show the greatness of his Krsna-consciousness the world.