PRABHUPADA IS HERE
Prabhupada is here,
why do you say he disappeared?
He simply disappeared from our sight.
Prabhupada is here,
why do you say he disappeared?
He will always be with us,
we must know it's right.
When we chant Hare Krishna,
he said he's here with us,
when we preach the truth,
he is closer than close can be,
when we're following his orders
our lives have no ends or borders.
We are eternal as the Lord is,
and with Prabhupada we may see
our most beautiful Lord capturing all eyes
away from all illusion,
to the vision of the wise.
Eternal we all are,
never to die,
and Shri Krishna is our Lord
in the hearts of you and I.
And Prabhupada is here,
why do you say he disappeared?
You are spreading most poisonous doubts and fears.
You don't believe what he said?
He said,
"I am closer than your jugular vein!”
Prabhupada is in his orders,
Prabhupada is in his name,
for those of us who love him,
this truth is very plain.
Truer than all that's true,
is the Guru of me and the Guru of you.
He preaches the eternal truth,
he is with us,
the eternal proof.
He's captured Krishna for eternity,
to reveal to us reality.
We live forever,
we never die,
is Shri Chaitanya's constant cry.
Wake up, wake up to Prabhupada,
wake up, wake up to Krishna,God,
chant together His Holy Names,
and with them, fallen souls, reclaim,
go back to home,
to dance and sing again,
with your eternal family under Prabhupada's reign.
He is the Spiritual Master of Spiritual Masters,
surrendered at Lord Krishna's Lotus Feet.
He never forgot His Lord Krishna,
so His Truth he always did speak.
Bhagavad gita, nothing sweeter,
the eternal song of our eternal Leader.
Just fix your mind on Me,
and you'll be eternally free,
just like Shrila Prabhupada,
from birth, death, old age and disease.
Why do you say Prabhupada disappeared?
He's more alive than us all,
Shouting:
“Distribute my books, save all from fear,
break down their walls!”
Why do you say Shrila Prabhupada is dead?
You have no brains inside your heads!
You have no life, you have no soul,
for you blaspheme Prabhupada,
to hide inside your holes.
Yes, you hide in your holes like poisonous snakes,
to kill all around you,
for you’re blinded by hate.
You can't feel God's Dearest Servant is here,
because you want to be him,
this truth is very clear.
But Prabhupada's followers will trap you in your place,
Prabhupada's followers will stamp on your face.
Prabhupada's followers will reveal the truth to all,
because at Prabhupada's feet they always do fall,
knowing he's with them to kick you in the head,
knowing he’s with them,
because that's what he said!
I am my disciple's eternal father,
and I shall deliver all my true followers
who serve Lord Krishna and me with love,
we shall remain together like hands in a glove,
knowing we're together,we shall live above
the darkness that covers your eyes.
I'm with my own disciples, forever alive.
Prabhupada is here,
why do you say he disappeared?
Shrila Prabhupada is here,
the truth is plainly clear,
for those who serve Prabhupada are totally sincere.
How can I serve you?
was the question
you’re most famous for asking
your Shrila Prabhupada,
and since that's all you wanted to do,
now you are our own dearest Shrila Prabhupada.
So how can I serve you, Shrila Prabhupada?
That is the only reason I live.
Now that you cast your merciful glance into my soul,
that is all I want to know.
Now how can I serve you,
so with you I may go?
Please be merciful upon this lowly crazy fool,
so he may always feel he is right with you,
so he may feel your blissful loving presense is always most near,
and surrender unto Krishna free from doubt and fear.
Your soul-piercing glance stuns me from your picture.
Everything is possible for you
because you’re always in union with Krishna.
Dearest Shrila Prabhupada, when you look displeased,
I am in deepest distress,
and when you are looking pleased,
I am feeling supremely blessed.
So blessed I want everyone to share this blessing,
knowing there is nothing more than this Krishna consciousness,
life's highest perfection.
Prabhupada's gift, pure Krishna prema,
puts to shame all other aims,
and keeps us fixed in perfect bliss,
transcending even the greatest pain.
And so I write to reveal your greatest mercy.
Unalloyed love of God
is your gift, Shrila Prabhupada.
So thank God for Prabhupada!
My foremost desire is to point all souls in Prabhupada's direction,
for simply his words in his priceless books
reveal to the sincere lifes highest perfection.
The most serious persons to know life's goal,
will find Shrila Prabhupada to be the perfect soul,
to fully obey each moment of each day
knowing perfectly well that
Shrila Prabhupada shows the way
to God's Supreme Paradise,
where they may eternally dance and play
with the Supreme Reservior of Pleasure,
to never return to this world of decay.
Thus this Anubhavananda das prays,
Dearest Shrila Prabhupada,
although I am extremely low and unqualified,
please stay with me,
for your mercy alone maintains my sanity
and reason to live.
All glories, all glories to you Shrila Prabhupada!
Anubhavananda Dasa
November 2001 - Seattle
JAI SHRI RADHE
O supremely beaming young and modest,
O supremely gleaming and knowing Goddess,
O extremely golden glowing Radharani,
extremely bold and extremely charming.
You forever renew the meaning of beauty,
You forever revive the meaning of duty,
You forever increase the pleasure of peace,
Your glorious qualities forever increase.
Each moment of Your very life is a new sacrifice
on the altar of love in a most invigorating sweet spice,
more sweeter and more tender in Your most intense and careful surrender,
forever and ever as you render
Your most sacred service to Govinda.
I bow down to Your two Lotus Feet,
supremely soft and supremely sweet,
it is only to Them that all should retreat
to realize the love with which none can compete.
O Shrimati Radharani,
Who supremely reigns over God Hari,
the only place we’ll not be sorry
is under the shelter of Radha Hari.
She is our real Mother of whom there’s no other
and He is our real Father,
but They can be like Sister and Brother
and Friends like no other.
They are the supremely beautiful mystery,
recorded deep in our soul’s displaced history,
just know that all belongs to He and She
to do with us just what They please.
Service is the lesson She supremely teaches,
for Her desire to please Krishna goes to the farthest reaches,
and when one is successful, She imbues him with Her love,
so success is every step of that pure Vaishnava,
standing out like the sun, enlightening everyone!!!
What is the sweetest overflowing honey,
the most precious living gem?
Srimati Radharani!!!!!
Beauty surrounds our real home that exists
controlled alone by this one Mistress,
who alone can mitigate all our distress,
by asking Her lover Krishna to finally accept us.
Her body the sweetest purest spiritual nectar,
is all the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna is after,
for She simply is made of the most perfect love,
that supremely enthralls our Lord Govinda.
Both of Them are the supreme destination,
for They are Love’s Supreme Combination,
eternally One yet in separation,
expanding everywhere, within and beyond creation.
They are the supreme goal
of you and me and every soul,
but They we never can know,
unless Their mercy They show.
Only attached to Shri Krishna’s Name,
Shrimati Radharani supremely does reign.
if Lord Krishna puts Her in distress,
She feels supremely blessed.
‘O Radhe Radhe’ the greatest souls pray,
‘Under Your sweetest shade we simply pray to stay,
for we know there is no other way,
than to get the mercy of jai Shri Radhe.’
Radha is gold and Krishna is blue,
call out Their Names bold and make your love true,
Rama is most strong and beyond all wrong,
so just chant Their Names and you’ll soon belong.
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare
Jai Shri Radhe, O She with love’s purest golden body,
Jai Shri Radhe, only sanctuary for the Godly,
Jai Shri Radhe, O Queen of Vrindavana,
for Shri Krishna’s service She always is plotting,
for that One in Her heart is never forgotten.
Jai Shrimati Radharani, O Shri Krishna’s sweetest Honey,
for whom His heart is always running,
because Her beauty is supremely stunning,
She is the highest embodiment of love,
for Krishna, the God of all gods above.
Jai Shrimati Radharani, without You there’s no winning,
for You have the heart that gives Bhakti its beginning,
in the hearts now lost in this world of the sinning,
because Your love is so overflowing
it is even beyond Lord Shri Krishna’s knowing.
Jaya jaya Shri Radhika, whose mercy the greatest souls are seeking,
anyone who hankers to know the secret of secrets
must pray for the mercy of most glorious Shri Radhika!
Lord Krishna will not come to grab any sikha
without the fervent call of His beloved Shri Radhika.
Jai Shrimati Radharani, the owner and master of love’s very garden,
the supreme abode of Krishna, known as Shri Vrindavana,
where for Krishna only all hearts are ecstatically throbbing.
Jai Srimati Radharani, please O please now beg my pardon,
for although I am the most offensive,
still I’m praying for Your Presence,
for without You I am nowhere, without any protection,
but I know for everyone you have unlimited affection.
O dearest Shrimati Radharani, O source of boundless compassion,
only You can take us to Krishna, that One of all attraction!!!
Please hear how I pray, my dearest Shri Radhe,
may I taste the supreme nectar of Your sweetest Holy Name,
the aim and only source of Lord Shri Krishna’s Fame.
O Shri Radhe, please allow me to enter Your play,
and on that endless playground always let me stay,
crying out Your Name Jai Shri Radhe! Jai Shri Radhe!
You turned all Vrindavan gold by your love most forceful and bold,
You turned Krishna gold and sent Him down here below,
and here He becomes mad to save all the bad,
but at the very same time Your mercy He must grab,
He must understand your love for Him most grand,
so now He lays on the sand praying for Your Hand.
‘I am so much more tiny than a grain of sand on this beach,
I am even lower than the straw on the street,
if I’m to taste life’s most essential treat
I must feel like this, if Krishna I wish to reach.’
in this mood of Shrimati Radharani Shri Gourasundara preached.
‘Radharani is the tree of service to Shri Hari,
and She is willing to tolerate all for the service of He,
and like the tree I must be’ cried Shri Goura Hari,
‘so I may always chant Krishna’s Names incessantly.’
O Shri Radhe, love is Your play,
and no one can know love without Shri Radhe,
love is at Krishna’s Feet, and Her Name is completely sweet,
so sweet it does defeat He who is perfectly replete.
Jai Shri Radhe, most steady Lady,
eternally ready to answer Krishna’s bidding,
You fulfill all the wishes of Govinda Krishna,
with everything She does and with the most tasty dishes,
He can never repay Shrimati Radhe
nor Her female expansions the Gopis,
who are Krishna’s greatest devotees!
This poem I can not stop for I’m drowning in a drop
for you see there’s no end to this love I can’t stop.
Shrimati Radharani is God’s equal body
and from Her comes all inspiration,
the supreme celebration that is real life’s highest elevation!
Real life is love of God brought by Shrila Prabhupada,
this is all the gift of Radharani, the highest gift from Shri Vrindavana,
Radha is the Supreme Goddess, and Krishna is the Supreme God,
but Neither could be known without Shrila Prabhpada.
Shrila Prabhupada is Radharani’s greatest contribution,
to save us souls on planet earth from illusion.
Thank you, Radharani, for Shrila Prabhupada,
for now we know the way to You
if we just stay humbler than the straw
we may always chant Hare Krishna
and always feel the protection of Jai Shri Radha,
with unlimited friends here in Mrytuloka.
Anubhavananda Dasa
September 19,1999
Seattle, Washington
Srila Prabhupada and His Guru Bhaktisiddhanta Srila Prabhupada
To be freed from repeated birth and death
we know we can’t forget our debt
to Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Shrila Prabhupada.
Who could have given us more?
It’s the world that needs to know the score.
Who was more certain to open the curtain
that blinds us from our servant Lord?
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Jagat Guru
marched to the flute of the absolute truth,
simply his presence was the overwhelming proof
to scatter the demons that lead us aloof.
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaja
is completely beyond material nature’s laws
that control the worlds of Mrityuloka,
where there is nothing beyond illusory poking.
Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta opened our eyes
to the one who would save us from these lies,
of those pleasures that must begin and end,
to our Eternal, Dearest Friend.
How can I describe
the glories of this guide
who revealed the truth to us
deep in our souls inside?
Who in our lives could be more dear
than the one who sent our savior here?
How could our hearts ever know rejection
of the horizon he unfolds, unlimited perfection?
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Gurudeva
is the son of Chaitanya’s devotional ray,
Bhaktivinoda Thakura holds the nectarean waters
that flow from the blessings of our eternal fathers.
The purest parampara disciplic succession
in the line of disciples from Krishna’s direction
bestows on their disciples life’s highest perfection
when their hearts want only Radha-Krishna’s affection.
The family tree of souls set free
from Maya’s hold by Lord Hari,
the perfect channel for the perfect instructions
to save every soul from eternal destruction.
Bhaktisiddhanta came in that line
purely connected to all that’s divine,
to Lord Krishna the original spiritual master,
supremely beyond the worlds of disaster.
Bhaktisiddhanta or Bhimala Prasada
sent Abhay Charan De Shrila Prabhupada,
both fearless propounders of the absolute truth,
straight from Govinda’s nectar flowing flutes.
Who could know more than what they did give
by instruction and example
to show the way to live?
Whose mercy was greater than Bhaktisiddhanta’s
who sent us A.C. Bhaktivedanta?
His vision sure without a blur
guiding pure, with nothing to obscure,
the allure of Krishna’s pure servitor
now binds the hearts of Abhay’s herd.
The herd of the most fallen victims of Kali,
only he could lift us from our useless wasted folly,
that one who’s never separate from Bhaktisiddhanta,
the one who supremely blesses the lost and ghostly haunted.
The greatest mercy of all is what he did send,
never was there a time when more mercy did flow
to our master Prabhupada, pure servant of God,
the mercy to deliver the most sinful and low.
We could never measure the glories of he,
who comes right to hell to set the lowest free,
it’s useless to try, all we should do is cry
to follow in their footsteps to our Love Supreme.
No one could have done nor ever shall do,
what was done by the Guru of our Guru,
[to] defeat the greatest cheaters, to send them fleeing
in fear of their lives simply by seeing.
Bhaktisiddhanta’s power protected our savior
through all the trials he paid here;
it was his perfect faith in him beyond fault and sin
that sent him straight to our aid here.
‘Tis only forever that it could ever take
to repay our debt to him who shook us awake,
‘tis only forever it ever could take
to pay back that one who saved us from our fate.
A garland of flowers fell from Lord Jagannatha,
our Large-Eyed Lord, Lord of the Universe,
a garland that landed ‘round the head of him,
Bhaktisiddhanta, just following his birth.
Around his neck in his very mother’s womb
was the cord of his mother like a Gayatri thread,
even in the womb he was beyond this world of doom,
chanting the Supreme Poem of Him far ahead.
Never was he enslaved by our worlds
of repeated birth and death,
he came from God to send us Prabhupada,
and none better or equal has he sent yet.
Bhaktisiddhanta Shrila Prabhupada
holds the perfect wand to guide us back to God,
‘tis only the grace of his magic divine
that can bring us real love beyond space and time
Forever we pray to [him] who sent Abhaya Charan De,
to keep him close to us all of the way.
O Bhaktisiddhanta, thank you
for the greatest blessing of all,
a guide to open our eyes
to Govinda, Krishna, Gopal!!!
Anubhavananda dasa
December 6, 1998
Appearance Day of His Divine Grace Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya
Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja
Seattle, Washington
What All Worlds Must Know
I hereby declare,
most rare and precious,
is Shrila Prabhupada,
God’s Supreme blessed.
What all worlds must know
is what he can bestow,
what every soul is seeking
from the high worlds to the low.
Bereft of his mercy,
souls remain asleep,
falling farther and farther
into gross illusions deep.
Only by Prabhupada’s mercy
may our spiritual eyes be opened
[for] the love we’ve been searching
and hopelessly groping.
We shall find Shrila Prabhupada
in his books and good servants
when we’re sincere to please God,
to surrender and [to] serve Him.
We shall know our supreme gain
when we hear Krishna’s Name,
walking in Prabhupada’s footsteps,
in supreme love, Krishna Prema.
So please always chant Hare Krishna,
Prabhupada’s most important instruction,
the more you chant your path shall be cleared
of every kind of obstruction.
And when Krishna’s Name you truly hear
you shall see perfectly clear
the most captivating form of Lord Krishna,
never to disappear, your Love supremely dear.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Anubhavananda dasa
December 22, 1998
Seattle, Washington
Why Must You know Shrila Prabhupada?
Why must you know Shrila Prabhupada?
He has come to give you the mercy of God!
How can you know Shrila Prabhupada?
Pray to Shrila Prabhupada!
Who is Shrila Prabhupada?
He’s come to teach the laws of God.
Why must he teach the laws of God?
Because, my friends, we've all forgotten!
How can Shrila Prabhupada cause us to remember?
When to him you do surrender.
Could you please tell me how to surrender?
Admit you are a fool, don’t be a pretender!
How am I a fool, I don’t understand?
You know not what you’re doing, not what’s at hand.
But who are you to tell me this, man?
I’ve been enlightened by Prabhupada’s powerful command!
What is this enlightenment that Prabhupada gives?
The enlightenment of how a true human lives.
And how does Prabhupada give you enlightenment?
He’s been empowered by God with this assignment!
How do I pray for Prabhupada's light?
Call out his name throughout your whole life!
And how will I know I've got his light?
You'll leave this world of fools and do what is right!
And what truly is a life lived right?
A life that brings God right into your sight!
And how will I know I'm truly seeing Him?
You'll know everything when you're freed from sin!
Prabhupada will free you when you are sincere
to execute life's mission and rise above all fear,
and when you chant Shri Krishna's Names with all of your heart,
from Prabhupada and God you shall never depart!
But what are the Names he asks me to chant?
Just chant Hare Krishna and don’t say you can’t!!!
For the Hare Krishna mantra is the perfect prayer,
consisting of God’s Names, His mercy [to] share.
Please chant these Names Divine all the time,
and a life sublime you will surely find,
you’ll be praying to God to give His protection
by engaging in His service and knowing love’s perfection.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Shrila Prabhupada is a pure servant of God
and he will be with you when you want to do your job,
along with Lord Shri Krishna he’ll guide you sure and clear,
when Krishna’s Holy Names you sincerely try to hear.
And when you hear Krishna’s Names all will be revealed,
Shrila Prabhupada and his eternal zeal,
to deliver the world from all its distress
and make us all supremely blessed.
And what indeed is supremely blessed?
Pleasing Prabhupada in Krishna Consciousness.
You’ll know when you are there, Krishna does declare,
for your pleasure shall increase forever everywhere!!!!!
Anubhavananda dasa
December 25, 1998
Seattle, Washington
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
in the heart of his true servant,
in the cry of the caller who who calls his name hurting
Shrila Prabhupada O Shrila Prabhupada!!!
where oh where have you gone,
without you here I only have tears,
and wonder how I'll even live on!!!
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
in his timeless, priceless words,
when fully obeyed,
when they're properly heard!!!
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
he is where he always was,
engaged in pure devotion to Krishna, God
with ever increasing love.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
still serving his most beloved guru,
with the humility of the greatest devotee,
to Krishna always true!!!
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
living still and living strong,
in Krishna's supreme abode,
where nothing can ever be wrong.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
in his remembrance, in his picture,
where the greatest and purest surrender is,
to the Supreme One, Lord Shri Krishna.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
right in the mercy he gives,
when we surrender to him completely,
where the ocean of mercy is.
Where is Shrila Prabhpada?
in his pure servants, in his books,
keeping us strong when to him we hold on,
no matter how difficult it looks.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
swimming in the most ecstatic ocean,
where all the most fortunate souls are,
who for Krishna have purest devotion.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
right where you are if you're following him,
by stricting following his instructions,
beyond all pain and sin.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
his true disciples always know,
he's there in that place where Krishna is,
where all with love does glow.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
Prabhupada is never alone
in fact he's surrounded by unlimited Vaishnavas
where nothing at all is unknown.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
most humbly at Lord Krishna's Lotus Feet,
thinking only how to deliver us, to
where everything's blissful and sweet.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
always waiting as our truest friend and helper,
with a home that will always be large enough,
for everyone to take shelter.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
waiting for the most sincere seeker,
who only wants to hear and see God,
and no longer wants to be cheated.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
that place where all truly seek,
where there's only knowledge and bliss,
and nothing ever looks bleak.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
where there always is dancing and singing,
for Krishna with His Holy Names,
sending everyone winging.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
where love for real is found,
free from lust, hate and envy,
and glory does abound!!!
Where is Shrila Prabhupada,
in my remembrance inspiring me,
to write this poem, where Prabhupada's known,
causing this pure desiring.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
beyond this world of repeated birth and death
where Krishna is always remembered,
and no one can ever forget
that Prabhupada is with Krishna
and Krishna's with Prabhupada,
for Prabhupada's always serving Krishna,
knowing fully Krishna's God.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
in that world where God is always praised,
where electricity, the sun and the moon are not needed
for all are lit up with their souls' brightest rays.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
where there's no ignorance or darkness,
where everyone knows just who Krishna is
for that's always where their heart is
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
where life grows more blissful forever,
for Krishna's always glowing more beautiful,
making everything, everywhere better,
for serving Krishna together.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
his glories can never stop,
for I'm drowning in his mercy,
and this mercy is only a drop.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
always answering my plea,
for the sweetest nectar of his presence
which always gets more sweet.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
in the unlimited realm of Krishnaloka,
where life is never a gamble,
for it's truly where our hope is.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
giving his disciples greatest hope,
when they finally get his presence,
by holding on to his rope.
The rope of the constant chanting,
of the Holy Names of Krishna,
that brings everyone to dancing,
for the fulfiller of all wishes.
Where is Shrila Prabhupada?
he is not purchased by money,
nor does he charge a farthing for his mercy,
and I'm not trying to be funny.
Shrila Prabhupada will come to you,
when you're seriously reading his books,
and trying to understand him,
so you can stop being crooks!!!
Shrila Prabhupada can be with you,
who ever you are,
stuck within a prison
or driving in your car.
If you want to know life's meaning,
and stop all your meaningless dreaming,
Shrila Prabhupada you surely will find,
for on the humble seeker of the truth,
Shrila Prabhupada is always kind.
He has visited you in this poem,
if your mind is open to his truth,
never again will you feel alone,
or need any more proof.
The more you hear about Prabhupada,
the more you feel his presence,
for his presence is filled with Lord Krishna,
always eager to give you his blessings.
Shrila Prabhupada is most near to his disciples,
who have faith he'll always be there,
for the person who tries to spread his teachings,
as Lord Krishna does declare.
There will never be
one more dear to me
than one who goes out to preach
in this world of misery.
This is Prabhupada's preaching,
so if you really want to reach him,
try to spread his mercy everywhere!!!
For when for all you truly care,
Prabhupada's presence is right there!!!
Vancha kalpa tarubyas cha
Kripa sindhu ba eva cha
patitanam pavane byo
Vaishnave byo namo namah
The larger the congregation,
for Shrila Prabhupada's organization
the more mercy he will give,
so together we may blissfully live
Together means like the cowherd boys
all competing to touch the feet of Krishna
together means like the Gopis,
all competing for Krishna's kisses.
Together doesn't mean,
we have a separate desire,
and together we only can be,
when we have the same desire.
And this must be our desire,
to bring all under Prabhupada's ashraya,
and then by working together
our strength will defeat all our maya.
We must come together to please Prabhupada,
and then only will Krishna be pleased,
and we'll find ourselves dancing together for God,
and be freed from our material disease.
But in a frenzy to compete for dominion
all we can bring is more of our sin in,
and this pride will bring our destruction,
by disobeying Prabhupada's instruction.
Prabhupada said you will all please me,
by cooperating together to spread our movement,
not creating divisions for others' provisions,
where all are seeking who their guru is.
If we don't already know that Prabhupada is best
how can we work together and truly be blessed,
even Jesus said you can not serve many masters
and it was Prabhupada who came to end this disaster.
Shrila Prabhupada is where he is served,
not where many are competing
in this mess no one can realize Prabhupada
is the one Guru we all must be pleasing.
Prabhupada didn't come to make divisions,
Prabhupada came to make one family,
one family to serve him to please Lord Shri Krishna
not many to create a calamity.
With Prabhupada alone we'll know we can succeed
working together to see he is pleased
but working apart will only hurt his heart,
and we'll not know that Prabhupada,
is the best one to lead.
I pray you'll take heed.
Anubhavananda dasa
November 22, 1998
Seattle
In the Spirit There's No Destruction
Now is the time,
who ever you may be,
His Presence Divine
must not be a mystery.
Now is the time,
to close our eyes,
and focus our minds
on the words of the wise.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
purely spoke the Supreme wisdom
as the external manifestation of Krishna God,
every word he spoke with eloquent precision.
He said he came to help us remember,
what we all had forgotten,
our innermost desire of love and surrender,
to that sweetest flute player, who enchants all Vrindavan.
His words were convincing, for he spoke with conviction,
that all that we needed was to hear Lord Shri Krishna
personally speaking His words from His Gita,
and the Bhagavatam's beautiful description
on the pastimes of Lord Krishna.
In Truth he knew nothing was sweeter.
His faith was completely mature
in the fruit of that knowledge all pure,
by hearing Bhagavatam every morning,
by hearing the Gita every evening,
we would feel the seeds he planted
in our hearts grow ever fruitful
and our ignorance gradually leaving.
It was not a new message he brought,
he just delivered it from the top,
passed down from a pure disciplic line
from the very beginning of time.
For never was there a time when we did not exist
nor our wisdom divine of Krishna Consciousness.
It just had to be revived,
and that's how he lived his life,
to leave footprints for us to step in,
out of our darkness into Krishna's light.
He was so pleased to see us all together,
partaking [of] Shri Krishna's prasadam,
and when he saw us dancing together in the streets
he said we looked like we came from Vaikuntha or Vrindavana.
He was Shri Gaura's propounder and therefore the founder
of His movement of Shri Krishna Sankirtana,
the congregational chanting of Shri Krishna's Holy Name
meant to spread to every village and town.
He walked with a cane,
but he leaned on Krishna's Name.
Indeed he was never of this earth.
He loved the sugar cane of Shri Krishna Prema
and every moment he revealed it's precious worth.
We knew when he spoke
it was never a joke,
and in fact he only spoke
to invoke in us hope.
There is always hope
if we keep our faith in Krishna,
in Him nothing is impossible.
He can fulfill all our wishes.
Lord Krishna knows us more
than we could ever know ourselves,
and wants to help us more,
more than we could ever help ourselves.
He said all rested in our faith,
by its breadth our steps may be small,
or they may cause the world to awake.
Just one devotee or a few if they're sincere
could take over the demoniac regime
and bring to America Gaura's message crystal clear
Just chant together My Names and the world you shall redeem.
But when Prabhupada disappeared
it filled most [of] his disciples with fear,
how can we go on without his magic wand,
there is nothing here, without Prabhupada to steer.
Yes, Prabhupada was the captain of our ship
and we saw how he steered with perfection
within his every move was a powerful proof,
In him was a certainty that none could lessen.
But he said the Guru is truly known
by his sound vibration,
when heard with surrender and devotion,
and because he heard from his Guru,
he knew he spoke the truth,
and that's why he came to us,
despite a dangerous ocean.
Of course the ocean was calm
on the day Prabhupada stepped on
even our own doubtful ocean,
but still he might have died
had Krishna not been on his side,
and we would never have been soothed by his lotion.
His lotion of love, Krishna smeared on his eyes,
to see Krishna everywhere, outside and inside.
But he still is with us, in the words of his instruction.
He is with us in his picture he said,
for in the spirit there is no destruction.
Prabhupada is spiritual,
his body was not material,
for those whom he gave proper vision
see Krishna in Prabhupada
and Prabhupada in Krishna.
It's a transcendental vision
beyond material perception
that Prabhupada came to give us all
by his every loving direction.
Vasudeva is everything
Prabhupada expounded to his very last breath,
nothing can move or act without Him
so what have we truly to lament
when we know everything is God sent.
Prabhupada is still with us,
if we're with him Prabhupada declared,
when you're chanting Hare Krishna,
then I am with you,
but when you forget Krishna,
then you're not aware.
A bonafide disciple
puts his Guru's mission in his heart,
and it becomes his life and his soul,
and so for this disciple
the Guru never feels apart,
wherever he does go.
With a mustard seed of faith
we can lift a mountain,
and it is doubt that does freeze us.
It is faith in Guru and Krishna,
this is life's only fountain,
the only life with a love, that ever increases.
Prabhupada said faith flourishes
in the association of devotees,
those devotees in the mood of Shri Gouranga
to sing Krishna's Names all together
and loudly to save all our brethren.
This is our Guru's desire,
to get together to put out the fire,
the fire of material existence,
because of forgetfulness of Krishna.
So every one is running madly helter skelter,
because they know not what is their only shelter,
The only way, the only way, the only way,
was the way given by Abhay Charan de.
Chant Hare Krishna,
and Krishna's close with you,
chant His Names loud,
and never be proud.
You must stay with that crowd
that chants Krishna's Names loud,
and then back to Krishna you shall go without a doubt.
Anubhavananda dasa
August 13, 1998
Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja offering
Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day
Shrila Prabhupada’s disappearance
was the end of our society.
The society he said was nondifferent
from himself.
Shrila Prabhupada’s disappearance
caused most of his disciples to go
now how can we blame them with what we now know
When Prabhupada was ill,
we saw different factions fighting
over monies they believed to be their own
It seemed that so called leaders,
that actually were cheaters
were trying to see our founder overthrown
Devotees could not enter another
devotee’s territory,
was this the family Prabhupada did deem
Even when he was here,
our troubles were quite clear
and he himself said if you don’t
stop fighting, you could spoil everything
Shrila Prabhupada said
ISKCON is me
but now it's good as anyone
who thinks that they can lead.
If it was not for Prabhupada
there would be no devotees to call,
but now others are more worshipful
than the one who gave us all.
Remember the Yogi who
made a mouse into a Tiger
The tiger tried to eats its source,
let this lesson be our guide here
Prabhupada said when the cat is away
the mice will play.
Now it has become so clear,
power hungry upstarts have been ruining everything
since Prabhupada disappeared.
But the good thing is Prabhupada is still present
in the hearts of his True humble servants
and the servants should know,
the more their feelings they show
the more we can remove this blinding curtain.
Shrila Prabhupada is ISKCON
therefore ISKCON worships Prabhupada
as their very life and soul
and ISKCON shall stay gone
till Prabhupada worshipers shine on
and put Prabhupada back into control.
And if we can not convince them
we must know that we still shall win
if we all get together
to put Prabhupada back in the center
just put Prabhupada back where he belongs
and we shall correct all the wrongs
as into our hearts Prabhupada does enter
but Prabhupada’s followers must get together
to battle this impossible weather
and then by Prabhupada’s mercy
his movement shall calm the storm,
but as long as we stay apart
as if no one can share our heart
how shall we reestablish Prabhupada’s service?
Now we know there are others
that are truly our brothers
for they want their eternal father back on the throne
We must gather all we can,
to put Prabhupada back in command
for we know there shall never be another
like that one [who] gave us a home.
We don’t need another,
when Prabhupada said, he said all in his books
We don’t need another
my sisters and brothers
no matter how bleak it looks.
Prabhupada is with us,
as long [as] we’re with him
and if we are not,
that’s why things look so grim.
Prabhupada’s followers
know Prabhupada
and that’s why they see him
as their only worshipful Master
Prabhupada’s followers alone
know why ISKCON’s [being] overthrown
and why it’s nothing now but a disaster.
Prabhupada’s position was so self effulgent
even fools could see his glowing
it’s not hard to know Prabhupada
just meditate on his pictures,
and read his words most carefully and slowly
There can be no doubt,
no one could speak as well as him,
and the proof will always be here,
in his books, his ecstatic tears
that truly makes one go out and try to [sell] him.
Pray to Prabhupada and you’ll feel
He’s next to God
Pray to Prabhupada
and you’ll feel you’re a dog.
No don’t stop, keep praying to Prabhupada
he came here to make everyone his disciples,
he was not afraid, He was Abhay Charan de
and to him, this whole world was nothing but a trifle
Prabhupada always blissful, Prabhupada always pure
Prabhupada loves Krishna, that
Prabhupada’s servants know for sure,
Prabhupada is so beyond doubt,
‘tis him none should be without
the more your worship him,
the more you will be allowed
to all attractive Prabhupada,
with cane and head up high
all attractive Prabhupada, whose presence never dies.
He is present in his pictures
He is present in his words
when properly followed,
when properly heard
Prabhupada is Proper,
he gave the word its meaning,
Proper means Prabhupada
now stop all your dreaming
Prabhupada showed what was proper
like nobody ever has done,
Prabhupada demanded what’s proper
by his life, for his daughters and sons
Prabhupada was truly proper
he alone showed what it is,
and Prabhupada will always be proper
for every human who lives
Prabhupada walked like a gentleman
Prabhupada talked like a gentleman
Prabhupada was always a gentleman
nor could anyone defeat his settlement.
Therefore Prabhupada shall be victorious
just like he always had been
despite so many trials,
Prabhupada always did win.
We should know that with Prabhupada
there is no way we can lose,
but we must know that Prabhupada
is the only one to choose.
Prabhupada alone he came
with practically no material facility
but in Guru and Gaura he had full faith
and from that came his victorious ability
So go forward Vaishnava soldiers
with full faith in the captain God sent
he lives forever bolder and bolder,
just see all the places he went.
All over the world he traveled,
and made Krishna known everywhere,
no you need not have a worry,
you need not have a care
Everything will be provided
if you simply trust like he did trust,
like a child on his father
holding on to him through the crowd and the fuss
It is extremely rare to find a life
like Prabhupada [did lead]
so don’t waste your time searching
anywhere else in this world of the cheaters and the cheated.
So come one and all,
and heed Prabhupada’s call
follow me, follow me,
just follow me, that’s all
follow me and you can not fail
follow me right out of jail
follow me and you won’t go to hell,
and simply hear what I have to tell,
My Guru told me to go to the West
and so I did despite every test,
and now the whole world is blessed
because by my Guru I was truly blessed.
So follow me, follow me,
across this deathlike sea
and it will be like a calf’s hoof print
if you just follow me.
Follow anybody else
you can just knock them off your shelf
It’s I alone who came for you
when everyone else turned away from you.
You can follow me forever
just chant Krishna’s Names pure and true
I know Shrila Prabhupada’s power
for by his power I do write
and I do not feel at all tired
although 12:53 at night
I’ve been writing since 1972
never running out of glories to praise
about my life and soul and Guru
Shrila Prabhupada Abhay Charan de!
I’ve seen so many of his followers
fall, trying to take his place,
because the only way to not fall,
is to finally get Prabhupada’s Grace
And when his grace is there
you’ll want only to glorify him
for alone A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
came from beyond sin,
perfectly paving the one path
we may traverse and finally win
Prabhupada said
many want us dead
and demons dressed as Vaishnavas
existed in his movement
it’s too bad it took so long
to see how true it was
but at least now we see our mountain
and only with faith may we move it
We must have unflinching faith
in something sublime
that’s what Prabhupada said,
and now it’s really time
We can see things only getting worse
than we could see it was at first
and surely things won’t get any better,
unless Prabhupada’s family gets together
Where is Prabhupada’s family?
Well, birds of a feather flock together
and this we truly can see
and so things will get better
And the more we get together
to reestablish our real home
no longer will we have to hide in Maya
or feel that we’re hopeless and alone
and the Truth always wins you know
one who does good will not be conquered by evil dear soul
And so again I’m amazed
at Prabhupada’s miraculous ways
for although more fallen every day,
Anubhavananda still prays,
and writes poems about His Grace
and therefore Anubhavananda says,
With Abhay Charan de
anything is possible.
Any old day.
When you meditate
on the eternal state
of Prabhupada’s
eternal gate.
Saying follow me, follow, just follow me
and as long as you do,
you will know I’m with you
blissful and true,
with Krishna through and true,
to lead you and any one who,
just wants to follow me true,
you love me,
and I’ll love you,
for by following me,
you love me true,
so in everything you do
chant Hare Krishna all your life through.
Anubhavananda dasa
October 23, 1998
Seattle
For the Humble He Was Found
Adore ye all with every breath
that most precious day
the appearance of the best of blessed
Abhay Caran de
Oh please cherish with every step
the perfect way he gave
let none be bereft
of the saviour for the age
Oh most triumphant time
treasure with each heart's throb
the birth of His most Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada
That supreme day for transcendental bliss
was September 1, 1896
After the Lord's Appearance Day
entered His Divine Grace
into the city of Calcutta
capital of the Holy place
His father's name was Gour Mohan
His mother's name was Rajani
They named their son Abhay Caran the fearless one
who takes shelter of the Lord's lotus feet
An astrologer made a prediction
this child would expound on religion
at 70, he would cross the ocean
with purest love and devotion
He'll be a teacher by example
all cheaters he will defeat
under Him will be world-wide temples
with disciples who repeat what he preached
The true message of every scripture
of Lord Caitanya and Jesus Christ
always chant the names of Krishna
and lead a holy life
The false from real he will reveal
to those who turn to him with zeal,
but whose who seek something cheap
will never find the shelter of His lotus feet
From the Far-East he came
he spread the Holy Name
to every town and village
he gave life's highest gain
No one has, nor will ever do
what was done by Jagat-Guru
he lived and gave what's pure and true
and still is always growing new
What seems sweet now turns so sour
what to speak of the final hour
but the gifts he did give
time cannot devour
Priceless jewels God left with us
ageless gems that will never rust
delivered by His purest son
to light the way for all time to come
Victory to Prabhupada!
All victory to Prabhupada!
He came to guide us back to God
and left us, having done the job
But still, his work will never be through
so he left behind a perfect crew
God's greatest gift
was the instructions that He gave
through the one He did send here
to guide us from this grave
No higher blessings can ever be shown
than perfect directions how to get back home;
No higher Grace shall ever be seen
than the beautiful face of that one Supreme
Causeless Grace, Causeless Mercy was bestowed upon me!
I heard the pure words
of a pure devotee!
I saw his unparallelled glances
drenched with purest love
melting all hearts in trances
with mercy from high above
The way he talked, the way he walked
no one shall ever do the same,
still every day I'm left astounded
hearing Prabhupada in his name
Yes Prabhupada is still with us
there is no need to feel disdain
Still, sometimes I feel bereft,
will I ever see him again?
No longer can I see him personally speaking
the perfection of my eyes
and the perfection of my ears, to hear his words
so sweet, so clear, so wise
Thank God he wrote them down in books
that are going everywhere
Thank Prabhupada God can still be found
in his books, He's fully present there.
For the envious he was wrong
for his servants he lives on
in the instructions that he left us
he makes the righteous strong
He showed us Lord Shri Krishna
Who gives the perfect laws
for all mankind to live
for all mankind to give
He gave the highest truth
and gave the perfect proof
for the humble it was found
for the proud it was a spoof
He revealed the Lord to them
who surrendered unto him,
but so-called wiser criticizers
shall never ever win
He is the friend of the poor,
he's the friend of the fallen
who are turning toward the Lord
on him they're always calling
He is the enemy of those
who think they've got it made,
who cling to foolish dreams
that death will take away
Prabhupada. My life and soul!
You taught me everything I know!
Fools may think that you did go
by living sound I feel you though!
The ecstatic love you feel for Krishna
can be felt by those who follow you with strictness
But those who take this life as something cheap
will never know of the love so deep
until they surrender unto your feet;
birth after birth they will meet with defeat
But victory is the life you brought
victory over nature's onslaught
victory over birth, death, old-age and disease
is the reward for those who surrender to thee
But the only way is the way you've delivered
the constant chanting of the Holy Names of Krishna
whoever wins them is eternally saved
therefore, Prabhupada, I beg you to take me
as the slave of your slave, oh Gurudeva!
the slave of your slave!
Anubhavananda dasa
On This Blessed Day
On this most blessed day,
is another chance for me to pray,
save me Lord,
please don't let me fall astray.
For by Your Grace I can see,
most fallen am I,
allured to past addictions,
for such a very long time.
So, on this most blessed day,
my most beloved Gurudeva,
I beg for your mercy to become,
the slave of your slave.
For a slave is what I am,
there is no way to hide,
but a happy slave I may be,
if I turn to your side.
So, on this most blessed day,
my only hope Prabhupada,
I am begging at your feet,
please guide me back to God.
For you're the friend of the fallen,
and that's why I see,
coming from your eyes,
an ocean of mercy.
So, on this blessed day,
Oh greatest servant of Krishna,
I beg for your mercy
to assist in your mission.
To deliver the pious,
to annihilate the demons,
for reestablishing religion,
by representing the Supreme One.
So, on this most blessed day,
this one you've called a poet,
is begging for your mercy,
that I may somehow show it.
For I am certainly doomed,
without your causeless grace,
there is not a single soul,
who can escape Sri Maya's maze.
So, on this blessed day,
your Anubhavananda
prays for your mercy,
for you are as good as Nityananda.
Please keep me in this movement,
for although I'm like a dog,
I know that you can keep me here,
because you're Prabhupada.
Anubhavananda dasa
With Full Faith In Krishna
It was September 17, 1965,
the Lord's representative finally did arrive.
In pure disciplic line, came as grace divine,
on the order of his Guru, love of Godhead to revive.
He came to America to perform a miracle,
the world he wished to save with perfect precision,
with his transcendental knowledge he would defeat the empirical,
with America's legs and India's wisdom.
With full faith in Krishna, he preached with defiance,
to reveal God's a person and not any void,
for he knew that the West was brainwashed by science,
inspired so much by a demon named Freud.
With the sole purpose of publishing Krishna's instructions,
without alteration as originally spoken,
he wished to save the world from the demon's obstructions,
for by preaching the truth sincere souls could be awoken.
Make me dance O Lord our Divine Guru prayed,
make me dance, make me dance as you desire,
make my words understandable for these poor lost betrayed,
I'm sure that you will give me all that I require.
Thus praying to Krishna to fulfill His Good Name,
and placing all his faith in the Holy Mahamantra,
he simply sat on the ground of the most hellish place,
trusting he was doing exactly what God wanted.
And thus by his inspiration and undying conviction,
his words filled our hearts and caused us to arise,
and in miraculous ways he made us surrender to Krishna,
and when he disappeared it was him we realized.
It was all simply by Shrila Prabhupada's presence,
that we could do what is so hard to do now,
still his Movement keeps growing by his blessings,
and we know we can't fail if we get them somehow.
O Prabhupada, O Prabhupada, O Prabhupada!
we still remain like fools in your glory,
please keep staying with us, may we remain your dogs,
and be fearless in your service with no worry.
O Prabhupada O Prabhupada O Prabhupada!
we need you more and more as time flys by,
this world is so empty without your presence,
and our hearts are still so black O Lord on high.
O Prabhupada O Prabhupada O Prabhupada!
please help us work together in your name,
O Prabhupada please come into our hearts
for without you we're so dumb and blind and lame.
O Prabhupada O Prabhupada O Prabhupada!
all our lives rest in our Movement's Founder,
if you had not come, our lives would have no sun
and in the darkness of this world we'd simply flounder.
Anubhavananda dasa
Shrila Prabhupada's Appearance Day in America
My dear assembled Vaishnavas,
if Lord Krishna desires again to shed His Light
on this praying soul at his guru's feet,
he may bring Prabhupada's most precious presence to our sight,
to most lovingly and respectfully greet.
With his eyes fully anointed with the spiritual salve
of the most exalted love of God,
he sees Lord Krishna everywhere,
our only savior Shrila Prabhupada.
Shrila Prabhupada's guru ordered him
to leave Vrindavana, God's dearest abode in the East,
but he brought Vrindavana with him,
straight to our hearts, inside his books, and when he preached.
Vrindavana is the Supreme Abode of Lord Krishna,
of which His purest devotees can never part,
Vrindavana exists the farthest from our material existence,
yet also within the core of His pure devotee's heart.
September 17, 1965 was when he stepped in to our hell,
to reveal to the humble and the honest the fastest way out,
the founder of a home, he said the world could live in peace
by sticking firm to his orders beyond any doubt.
Yes, the land of America was his first destination,
the most influential land on the earth,
to use this western strength and his spiritual realizations,
to reveal to the world life's only meaning and priceless worth.
O Shrila Prabhupada,
I only want to speak what you want me to speak,
so we may remember your appearance here,
not only that time in 1965,
but always in our hearts as long as we're alive.
We knew the reason you came
was never for women, wealth or fame,
nor could you ever enjoy our foolish hell,
the only reason you came
was to preach and spread God's Names,
to cleanse our dirty hearts to spiritual health.
You came strictly following a pure disciplic succession,
from the only guru and Supreme God, Lord Krishna,
and because you truly heard your guru, you fully got his blessings
which empowered you to uncover our most polluted vision.
No, you did not come to compromise
or change what was originally spoken,
for as the servant of the servant of God,
you came to speak the truth as it is, fully honest,
for you knew only then, could we truly be awoken.
You said purity is the force,
and from it we could never divorce,
or our whole disciplic succession would be broken,
and we could not taste the purest, sweetest fruits
on the top of the tree of the Absolute Truth,
nor ever know that love all souls are ever hoping.
As we can not see clearly through dirty water,
nor see our reflection in a dirty mirror,
God can not be heard or seen
unless our hearts are fully clean
of all the dirty sins that fill our heart with doubts and fear here.
And all these demons or doubts and fool-born fears
are all present because we have forgotten our souls,
and to purify our hearts you even said after years,
was exactly like trying to wash the black off coal.
But you said not to give in to hopelessness,
and gave the example of the tiny sparrow
whose eggs were blown away into the ocean,
she still strived to get them back and that's what a devotee is,
he surrenders to Lord Krishna with unwavering devotion.
And despite the derision and laughter of her onlookers,
scoffing at how ridiculous she appeared,
for her those eggs were her life and her soul,
the only thing she lived for, the only thing she held dear.
And please know Lord Krishna's devotees can not bear
to see any living being in any kind of distress,
and this is what makes Lord Shri Krishna's devotees
the dearest to Krishna and therefore the most blessed.
And because the Vaishnava soul is always full of compassion
upon all the suffering he sees,
the winged carrier of Lord Vishnu swooped down to take action
with a most glorious and victorious ease.
Thus Shri Garuda threatened the very ocean
to return the sparrow's eggs or 'I shall swallow you whole,'
and thus the ocean immediately returned her lost eggs,
for Lord Krishna never denies a true Vaishnava soul.
And such was the nature of our guru Prabhupada,
although appearing as a tiny old man, he has influenced the world,
now there's hardly a place where Krishna's Name is not known,
after Prabhupada's fllag had been unfurled.
The flag of Hanumana, the flag of promised victory,
the very flag of Arjuna [on] a most glorious chariot,
wherever there is Shri Krishna and His surrendered soul
there shall be most awesome victory and all shall surely hear of it.
Any one who once chants the most Holy Name of Krishna,
even with derision, [even] without his own knowing,
he is freed from more sins he'll ever be commiting.
and [be] saved from the hell [to which] he surely was going.
Therefore all we need to do is throw our hands up in full surrender
like Shrila Prabhupada, Shri Gaura and Shri Nitai,
and through it all, through it all on Krishna's Names call,
and thus our Shri Govinda we will favorably remember.
We now can remember Gajendra and his helpless surrender,
when out of his element, this elephant was clutched by a hungry crocodile,
but by his past life's devotion, Lord Krishna let him remember
a prayer he thus recited, and Lord Vishnu came to save him in His own
style.
Thus there is no material impediment to our spiritual advancement,
Shrila Prabhupada revealed by his very life,
with hardly any money he came to us, a tiny old man,
but because of full faith in guru and Krishna
he came into our lives and fully enchanted us.
Shrila Prabhupada said he was closer to us than our jugular vein,
if we simply keep full faith in him and Lord Krishna
and endeavor to follow in his footsteps, always chanting Krishna's
Names,
we will find indeed he's with us, much more than fulfilling our wishes.
Tears of love will fill our eyes, with Prabhupada's glance on our
mind,
because of his being pleased with our not giving up hope,
and like the sparrow practically struggling dumb and blind,
to please our ever well wisher beyond our material scope.
Krishna consciousness is practically perceived,
we don't have to believe,
by the mercy of our most beloved spiritual master Shrila Prabhupada,
he will forgive all our offenses if we simply stay in his presence,
by trying our best to obey him, we shall feel the highest love for
Krishna,
the Eternally Supreme intimate presence of God.
Thus Anubhavananda dasa again,
only by Shrila Prabhupada's mercy,
has been enabled to deliver a drop of his mercy,
for which Anubhavananda das is [in] an ocean of transcendental bliss.
Hare Krishna
Anubhavananda dasa
September 11, 1998
Seattle
Most Beloved
So sinful am I,
my heart's a pig sty,
but still by Prabhupada's causeless grace,
I cry out Lord Krishna's sweet Holy Names.
Shrila Prabhupada's heart is purest gold,
for his goal is to save all fallen souls,
he lives still true, strong and bold,
in the hearts of those who bow to him low.
Most blessed are the humble,
who seek release from this jungle,
this jungle of Kali,
where but proud fools are jolly.
Most blessed are the meek,
who but wisdom they seek,
from those who truly know,
that one Person in control.
Most blessed are the fallen,
whom [on] God they're always calling,
to make their path clear,
in this world full of fear.
Most blessed is he, Shrila Prabhupada,
for he's revealing to millions--Lord Krishna is God.
Shrila Prabhpada's presence reveals life's essence,
the all pervading Krishna, [for] whom every soul wishes.
Shrila Prabhupada's in his picture
to give us Lord Krishna,
for Lord Krishna guides him straight
to instill in all hearts faith.
Shrila Prabhupada glows with life's real direction,
surrender to Krishna, life's only perfection,
Shrila Prabhupada's close, if he's the one we chose
to guide us out of this world of endless foes.
When you're chanting Hare Krishna,
Shrila Prabhupada said you're with me,
for the only shelter there really is,
is chanting those Names Shrila Prabhupada gives.
Ever glowing in transcendental bliss,
are the ever fresh Holy Names of Krishna,
with faith in this truth we must onward move,
with Krishna's Names on our tongue, we bring eternal sun.
Onward we must fight
for what we know is right,
despite what is our plight
we must stay in the Name's light.
Remember Gajendra,
his helpless surrender,
like him let us pray
with Lord Krishna's Holy Names
and in the end we shall be saved.
Hare Krshna.
Anubhavananda dasa
Vyasa Puja poem
Who is Krishna Conscious?
Who is Krishna Conscious?
the world's only friend,
who comes to everyone
to only heal and mend.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
the world's greatest preacher,
for he reveals God's love
to every single creature.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
gives all his full respect,
knowing all life is divine,
though many did forget.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
can harm no living being,
for God and His pure servant
in every heart he's seeing.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
one who can't deceive us,
for he gives but perfect wisdom
to forever lead us.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
loves God so loves us all,
knowing all doth spring from God
from the top to the most small.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
his heart is freed from lust and greed
and his all consuming desire
is to stop all suffering.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
one who is most rare,
met by only greatest fortune
when one finally does care.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
is always fully blissful,
absorbed in pure devotion
to all ecstatic Lord Shri Krishna.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
is always most humble and meek,
knowing he is always tiny,
before that Supreme Love all do seek.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
is always chanting God's Names,
like an infant to [his] mother,
helpless in every way.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
hears God and sees Him too,
for his heart's completely pure
by obeying God in truth.
Who is Krishna Conscious?
Shrila Prabhupada,
for his life was the perfect example
of full surrender to God.
Hare Krishna.
Anubhavananda dasa
The Bonafide Spiritual Master
The Bonafide Spiritual Master
is the perfect person God does send
to facilitate our desire
to go back to Him again.
By God’s Supreme mercy
we can not be bereaved
if we fully want to surrender to Him
He sends us all [that] we need.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
is the perfect answer to a sincere soul’s desire,
the Movement he created to save the degraded
has in it all the blessings we require.
His Divine Grace declared Krishna is for everyone
and Krishna Consciousness is possible in a moment;
impossible is a word in a fool’s dictionary,
in fact, by his own life he has shown it.
Who would have believed a tiny old man
could have spread Krishna’s Name to every nation?
How can we explain the miracles in our lives?
It was only Prabhupada’s faith and dedication.
Prabhupada’s full faith in Krishna’s name,
that He could do anything at all,
was what carried him to us so lost and vain
and attracted us to him to heed his call.
Jesus is our Guru Prabhupada said,
and Jesus said that faith can lift a mountain,
and Lord Krishna said it’s our doubts that are demons,
and by our doubting all our miseries will be mounting.
So he made this society to nurture our faith,
and he said that this society is him,
and he said there is no advancement we can make
by leaving his ISKCON, his ship above all sin.
So it’s humility that will keep us in his ISKCON,
and it’s pride alone that will make us leave,
the unwillingness to be the servant of the servant,
which Lord Chaitanya said is what we must be.
To hear Krishna’s Names with his disciples,
Prabhupada said was the best medicine he could find,
so let us spread Prabhupada’s teachings all together,
and upon us Prabhupada will be kind.
Nothing can act, nothing can move without Krishna’s desire,
this is Krishna Consciousness, Prabhupada said,
and one who accepts all that happens as directly Krishna’s mercy
can alone surrender to Him and go back home to Godhead.
So with all the humility I have at my command,
I pray to be the servant of your servant,
please birth after birth just let me know my worth,
just a tiny little particle of your mercy.
Anubhavananda dasa
1992
New Raman Reti Farm
By Prabhupada' s Mercy
By Prabhupada’s mercy
although I’m so low,
I know life’s true purpose,
and to all I want to show.
By Prabhupada’s mercy
I keep writing poems,
to reveal all his mercy
which forever grows and grows.
Shrila Prabhupada’s mercy
is an unlimited ocean
of love for Krishna flowing freely
due to his due devotion.
By Prabhupada’s mercy,
all may dance, chant and feast,
by Prabhupada’s mercy,
all may know real joy and peace.
Prabhupada can make a home,
this world may joyfully live
if people take what he made known,
the timeless wisdom he did give.
By Prabhupada’s mercy,
all may see God face to face,
by Prabhupada’s mercy,
love for Krishna all may taste.
By Prabhupada’s mercy,
he gave the King of knowledge,
so all may make their lives perfect,
without even going to college.
By Prabhupada’s mercy,
all may know life’s greatest wealth,
and eat pure and sinless foods,
to attain most perfect health.
By Prabhupada’s mercy,
all may go to God’s abode
and not have to know the cursing
of bad karma’s heavy load.
Shrila Prabhupada’s mercy
is flowing free for all
in his books and his temples
and in his Name if one will call.
Prabhupada wants to save all
from this age of degradation,
and take us back to our real home
of eternal celebration.
Of Shri Krishna’s Supreme glories,
all in His Holy Names
and in His pure devotees,
for they always chant His Holy Names.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Anubhavananda dasa
1991
San Diego, California
Most Fortunate Is He
Life’s most precious gifts
are what Prabhupada gives,
the supreme eternal truth,
to save all who live!
Life’s most essential prize
is truly to be wise,
to gain spiritual eyes,
to see right through all lies!
Most fortunate is he
who will simply believe
from Shrila Prabhupada,
the greatest blessings are received!
The perfect instructions,
passed purely through time,
through God’s pure devotees,
supreme knowledge divine!
If one will open his mind
to Prabhupada’s message divine,
God’s greatest mercy he will find,
more priceless than any gold mine!
Knowledge that is not concocted
by the atheist and the Godless,
knowledge with no ending nor beginning,
knowledge beyond fault or sinning!
Knowledge of our eternal life,
beyond all pain and strife,
knowledge of our souls,
unborn, undying, never growing old!
Knowledge about God’s personality,
knowledge of our eternal reality,
knowledge to solve everything,
knowledge to wake us from our dream!
Knowledge to revive our soul’s bliss,
to lift us from the darkest abyss,
the knowledge of why we exist,
pure knowledge, Krishna Consciousness!
This knowledge keeps me writing,
for it’s ever increasingly enlightening,
and this knowledge is not something new,
this pure eternal truth!
If you want a leader you can trust,
Shrila Prabhupada is a must,
but if you want to be forever cheated,
stay under any government leader!
Our leader is one who obeys God,
his name is Shrila Prabhupada,
not to be challenged or defied,
or to be approached by our most foolish pride!
If you want his guidance be humble,
and he will lead you out of this jungle,
but argue and doubt his position,
and you shall eternally bumble!
His books are here for the reading,
everything everyone’s needing,
that one who is perfectly defeating,
whoever is misleading or cheating!
You will find his books if you’re determined,
if perfect guidance you want to be learning,
for this knowledge is forever concerning
every soul’s eternal yearning!
If you want happiness to never end,
if you no longer want to pretend,
if you want a true love and real friend,
and all miseries you want to transcend,
then Shrila Prabhupada is who you seek,
for Shrila Prabhupada you can keep,
for he lives forever beyond foolish sleep,
with that knowledge eternally blissful and sweet!
Shrila Prabhupada chants Hare Krishna,
and he asks everyone to listen,
just listen to these Holy Names of Krishna,
and you shall find where all your wisdom and bliss is!
Anubhavananda dasa
December 29, 1998
Seattle, Washington
Prabhupada
I must not keep this to myself,
for by his mercy do I write,
and only by his expert help
have I come into the light.
The light of Krishna Consciousness
is the most essential light indeed,
and it was brought by Shrila Prabhupada
to make the whole world free!
He wrote everything in his books,
God’s own words to awaken,
all the souls lost in this world
whose life’s goal they have mistaken.
For in the denseness of this night,
none can truly hear nor see,
through all the hypocrisy and fight,
the most degraded age of Kali.
Now there is but one true hope
to bring happiness and peace,
it was Prabhupada who brought the rope,
his books alone can cure our disease.
For the most priceless books he wrote
carry God’s most intimate presence,
the timeless wisdom God invoked,
His own self through souls He did send us.
He came from the most spiritual East,
sent by his Guru, he came to enlighten
by showing how to chant, dance, and feast,
and live the Holy life, most joyful and inviting.
He came speaking the truth uncompromised,
the truth found in the source of all scriptures,
and because he was most open and honest,
his innocence flowed like the picture of pictures.
His Divine Grace Shrila Prabhupada,
His presence spoke for itself,
for he glowed like the sun, pure son of God,
and he melted those hearts who sought his help.
Life’s goal, pure devotion to God,
is revealed when God sends His inspiration
through His servants like Shrila Prabhupada
to save so called civilization!
For it is only God’s pure servants
who are surrendered to Him all the time,
that can reveal the Lord to us for certain
and teach us how to make our lives sublime.
And God’s servant is so powerful
that his presence never dies,
he remains in his books and his pictures,
still opening millions of eyes,
to the glory of God so completely
that one sees Him face to face!
Hearing blissfully and tasting most sweetly
His most purifying presence in His Names!
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Anubhavananda dasa
1991
San Diego, California
O Most Precious Prabhupada
O most precious Prabhupada,
O inspiration of the precious poem I write,
I now pray for your purest, precious presence,
back into your poet’s heart to purely guide.
O most precious Prabhupada,
with the precious beauty of the innocence of a babe
you came into this empty world and filled it with priceless pearls
from God’s Eternal Kingdom in God’s Name.
O most precious Prabhupada,
the impossible was proven possible by you
as a holy little old man, you came to this hellish land
and opened the blindest eyes to see God’s truth.
O most precious Prabhupada,
with a walk and a talk that was not of this earth,
you came from God above and revealed His purest love,
the only reason that you even took your birth.
O most precious Prabhupada,
it’s you alone who are saving this lost soul,
although my heart has known only sin,
you have showed me how to win,
and now God’s Holy Kingdom is my goal.
O most precious Prabhupada,
O heartbeat that beats along with God’s heart throb,
down to the darkest path I’ve gone, but now it’s you I lean on,
begging only for your mercy on this dog.
O most precious Prabhupada,
I was dumb, but now I write the highest wisdom,
for when you come into my heart, all the darkness does depart
by the lamp of knowledge you reflect from Lord Shri Krishna.
O most precious Prabhupada,
it is your presence that the wise fo | 
