In my absence you read the books. What I talk, I have written in the books. You can associate with me by reading my books. (Srila Prabhupada — August 7, 1975, Toronto)

Please always try to remember me by my teachings and we shall always be together. Just like I have written in the first publications of Srimad-Bhagavatam, "The spiritual Master lives forever by His divine instruction and the disciple lives with him", because I have always served my Guru Maharaja and followed His teachings I am now even never separated from Him.

Srila Prabhupada speaks in his books very clearly. I find sometimes that someone who reads his books becomes a very very bold follower of Srila Prabhupada. Maybe more loyal then someone like myself who has had ample association. And that person may never have associated physically with Srila Prabhupada. But obviously he has associated with Srila Prabhupada's vani. Of

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhutale srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine. I offer my humble obeisances unto His Divine Grace Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord Krsna on this earth, having taken shelter of the lotus feet of that ever-youthful, beautiful, transcendental Lord, who, alone, in his seventieth year, threw family

Mahamsa Swami recently returned from Vrndavana where he was summoned by Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada had just ended a seven day fast when Mahamsa Swami arrived, and now he is beginning to eat again. His Divine Grace had been very ill. Mahamsa Swami described Srila Prabhupada as being very white, and for the first time He looked very old. His Divine Grace was very

This material world and the bones... The bones are not our... This is life. We are not concerned with bones and stones. Our real concern is the living force. Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakrtim param, jiva-bhutam maha-baho yayedam dharyate jagat [Bg. 7.5]. The living force which is sustaining the bones... Bone is not important. It may remain; it may go. It doesn't