Page 34 - Jaya Srila Prabhupada (English)

16 Jaya Çréla Prabhupäda!

We have seen many saintly devotees, but none as
dedicated to the cause of guru and Kåñëa as Çréla
Prabhupäda. We have seen many scholarly devotees, but
none with such an authoritative grasp of siddhänta as Çréla
Prabhupäda. We have seen devotees who are strong in
çästra and in their own spiritual practices, and also humble,
but not very powerful preachers. We have seen devotees
who are humble, gentle, and peaceful, but not very active.
We have seen active preachers, but none nearly so
accomplished as Prabhupäda. We have seen scholarly and

successful preachers become affected by pride. We have
seen devotees who are good managers, but none so expert
as Çréla Prabhupäda. We have seen devotees who are
expert in one or two areas of devotional service, and others
who are competent in many areas. But we saw only one—
Çréla Prabhupäda—who was expert in all departments:
preaching, writing, managing, kértana, cooking, Deity
worship, and so on. Yet despite out-achieving everybody,
Çréla Prabhupäda remained humble—the conclusive proof
of his unique greatness.
There is no end to the description of Çréla
Prabhupäda’s transcendental qualities, nor do we wish to
ever stop describing them. His qualities combined with his
achievements undoubtedly establish him as an
extraordinarily great transcendental personality.
Çréla Prabhupäda is still with us, watching over the
continuing expansion of the Kåñëa consciousness
movement. We can expect that if we simply follow his

instructions carefully, many amazing things will happen
that we can hardly imagine now. Many wonderful devotees