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She has got the tendency to become a perfect devotee. As a father and mother you should not hamper it. Because it is not easy to become a devotee

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: No, I was very surprised how this nice girl . . . other girls, they are also dancing. So this dancing, I was explaining to him, that this dancing has no artificial. Guest (1): It is from heart. Prabhupāda: Ecstatic. Guest (1): She's ecstatic, yes. Otherwise nobody will get up at 3:30 in the morning. Prabhupāda: Lokavājya. Doesn't care that, "Here is my mother, here is my father, here is my . . ." No. Effortless. Guest (1): She says today she is going to the park to make a temple. I didn't . . . (indistinct) . . . she said she wants to be a devotee. Prabhupāda: So, she has got the tendency to become a perfect devotee. As a father and mother you should not hamper it.

Prabhupāda: Your daughter, as soon as there was kīrtana, how she was dancing.

Guest (1): Hmm.

Prabhupāda: She is young girl.

Guest (1): She is very devoted.

Prabhupāda: She has the advanced devotion. Therefore . . . she is a young girl, she was not ashamed; so immediately she began to dance.

Guest (1): She has always been like that.

Prabhupāda: This is automatic. You see? So it is not a artificial thing.

Guest (1): No, no she feels it. That is her mission. But I don't want to interfere.

Prabhupāda: No, I was very surprised how this nice girl . . . other girls, they are also dancing. So this dancing, I was explaining to him, that this dancing has no artificial.

Guest (1): It is from heart.

Prabhupāda: Ecstatic.

Guest (1): She's ecstatic, yes. Otherwise nobody will get up at 3:30 in the morning.

Prabhupāda: Lokavājya. Doesn't care that, "Here is my mother, here is my father, here is my . . ." No. Effortless.

Guest (1): She says today she is going to the park to make a temple. I didn't . . . (indistinct) . . . she said she wants to be a devotee.

Prabhupāda: So, she has got the tendency to become a perfect devotee. As a father and mother you should not hamper it.

Guest (1): (laughs) I tell her that, too, you see.

Prabhupāda: Because it is not easy to become a devotee.

Guest (1): I know.

Prabhupāda: It is not easy. Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin vetti māṁ tattvataḥ (BG 7.3). Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate (BG 7.19). To become a devotee and surrendered soul unto Kṛṣṇa is not so easy thing. Bahūnāṁ janmanām. And if she has developed, it is the duty . . . and śāstra says, pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum (SB 5.5.18). These things are there. So, if she has got the natural tendency you should give all possible help to her. This is the duty of the father.

Guest (1): This is quite right.

Prabhupāda: This is duty of the father.

Guest (1): We give it at home, because we told her whatever she wanted to put things, mūrtis, other things, we have installed it.

Prabhupāda: Yes, let her enjoy this devotional life. She has developed it. It is a fortune for you, because if one member of the family becomes a devotee of the Lord, he can deliver all the members. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. Prahlāda Mahārāja, his father was Hiraṇyakaśipu, a demon.

Guest (1): I know.

Prabhupāda: Demon. (laughs) Prahlāda Mahārāja, when he was asked, "Take benediction, whatever you like," he said: "Sir, what benediction I shall take? I have seen the benediction of my father. He was so powerful, even the demigods trembled by his red eyes, and You finished it within a second. So what is the value of this benediction? Kindly engage me in Your service." Then Prahlāda Mahārāja, he did not ask anything for himself, but later on he asked Nṛsiṁha-deva, "Sir, my Lord, one request I can make: My father was a great demon. He was against You, but still I pray that his liberation will be granted."

Guest (1): Very nice of him. Very good of him.

Page Title:She has got the tendency to become a perfect devotee. As a father and mother you should not hamper it. Because it is not easy to become a devotee
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-02-13, 05:21:24
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1