Shack Notes: Moments While at a Writing Retreat" (Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī)
Shack Notes: Moments While at a Writing Retreat (Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī) Some extracts . p.32 A devotee repeats the message of Krsna in his own words. Srila Prabhupada was strong on the need for realization. He did not encourage us to speak like parrots. A parrot can be taught to repeat the Hare Krsna mantra, but when it is being choked, it only squawks. Our utterance of Hare Krsna mantra should be made with personal conviction, but should be parrot-like in the same manner that Sukadeva Gosvami was parrot-like—he added sweetness to the mango of Vedic knowledge he had received from his father. "Know, O thoughtful men, that Srimad-Bhagavatam is the mature fruit of the tree of Vedic literature. It emanated from the lips of Sukadeva Gosvami. Therefore, this nectarean fruit is all the more relishable for liberated souls" (Bhag. 1.1.3). Srila Prabhupada: "Srila Sukadeva Gosvami describes the Bhagavatam from its very beginning and not whimsically to satisfy the mun