Page 24 - Jaya Srila Prabhupada (English)

6 Jaya Çréla Prabhupäda!

Çréla Prabhupäda personally gave detailed directions
about every aspect of Kåñëa consciousness: how to worship
Deities, how to conduct sädhana, how to preach, how to
wear a dhoti, how to cook for Kåñëa, how to chant
mantras, and so forth. Çréla Prabhupäda is thus the
founder-äcärya of ISKCON. Whatever standards and
instructions comprise ISKCON have come from him.
Therefore Çréla Prabhupäda will always remain the
preeminent çikñä-guru and äcärya of ISKCON.
Both scripture and tradition offer various approaches

to Kåñëa consciousness, but followers of Çréla Prabhupäda
execute Kåñëa consciousness as he showed them, knowing
that Çréla Prabhupäda, as a faithful follower of his guru
and the previous äcäryas, presented Kåñëa consciousness
in the best way for the modern age.
Çréla Prabhupäda’s success is itself proof that his
endeavors are approved, ordained, and blessed by the
Supreme Lord Kåñëa Himself.
Çréla Prabhupäda gave many instructions, but certain
ones are absolutely necessary for initiated disciples to
follow if they claim to be genuine and serious followers of
Prabhupäda. For instance, Çréla Prabhupäda demanded
that initiated devotees rise by 4:00 a.m., attend maìgala-
ärati, chant at least sixteen rounds of the mahä-mantra
every day, and undeviatingly follow the four regulative
principles.
All such standards that Çréla Prabhupäda clearly defined
are the standards to be followed in ISKCON. A rightly

situated, successful follower of Çréla Prabhupäda is simply a
faithful standard-bearer. He does not try to change or