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| EDITORIAL November 11, 1998 VNN2488 Srila Prabhupada Lives! (The Dream) BY VAIKUNTHA@HOTMAIL.COM EDITORIAL, Nov 11 (VNN) — "He lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him." Srila Prabhupada-SB 1-1. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my humble obeisances. The following is a dream I had on November 6, 1998. I am sharing this dream with Vaisnavas because I feel that the dream has a "collective" element to it as opposed to "individualistic". In addition, I feel the dream is a very positive one especially with so much cynicism these days. Here we go on another "Vedic adventure". I had been ill all week with a bout of pneumonia and fell asleep around 12:30 PM. I awoke again at 2:30 because I thought I had to pick up my daughter but realized she was on a trip. I was somewhat out of it and taking medication. Prior to going back to sleep I had read some slokas in the 5th canto of SB-Jada Bharata instructs King Rahugana and then dozed off again. As you know, dreams about the spiritual master or even devotees for that matter cannot be forced. Although I have had some dreams about Srila Prabhupada over the last 20 years, this seemed different. I was in a temple... it was a bright, sunny day and there were a number of devotees sitting and standing about. It felt like it was after a kirtan. The temple itself seemed somewhat modern, as though it would be a temple of the not-too-distant-future and the feeling was very "celestial". I was going to show my obeisances when all of a sudden I looked up and saw Srila Prabhupada. I was completely elated and he had this incredible youthful, energetic energy as he moved about the temple room. He looked the same as he did in his seventies of course. You know how dreams are. As I was walking to another part of the temple, a Vaisnavrini dressed in full sari, her head covered, smiled at me brilliantly and I said, "Srila Prabhupada is so youthful today". She acknowledged me by saying "Yes, isn't this incredible!" Or some such statement while at the same time, I got that safe feeling that Srila Prabhupada was back and that everything would be all right and that ISKCON would be unified etc. Suddenly, an entourage of young men and women, like college-age students began coming into the temple, maybe a hundred or so and then were led out the other end of the temple by a teacher or whatever. The students looked curious and I wished that they had stopped to take darshan of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and meet Srila Prabhupada. Then Srila Prabhupada, as he was walking to another part of the temple, looked at me and gave me this unbelievable smile. I was feeling self-conscious as I didn't want the older Godbrothers and sisters to perhaps feel... envious?? I mean, who am I? I'm just a fallen prostitute hunter, you know? I suddenly woke up. I sat up in bed, tremendously enlivened and feeling elated and energetic. The dream felt prophetic and at that moment I had no doubts about ISKCON and the Vedas being the lawbooks for mankind for the next 10,000 years. Many people will come and it will be an exciting time. Perhaps within the next 20 years this will happen.(My hunch). We must now work together in harmony and cooperate, I know it is sometimes difficult. This was Srila Prabhupada's desire. He was always concerned about us and this movement. He was and is Krsna's own. We must have this positive vision of the future. Srila Prabhupada lives within the hearts of his sincere and pure devotees. That's a fact. Anyone wanting to comment upon this may contact me. vaikuntha@hotmail.com NEWS DESK | EDITORIALS | TOP |
