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contrary to statements made by much higher spiritual
authorities than Brahma das. I recently heard a sincere
lady disciple of Srila Prabhupada recounting what she
experienced the night Srila Prabhupada disappeared from
this world in Vrindaban, India. She was present when Srila
Narayana Maharaja spoke about Srila Prabhupada in the
Vrindaban temple. Srila Narayana Maharaja stated that
Srila Prabhupada was a saktavesa avatara which means
he was empowered by Lord Krishna to spread Krishna
consciousness all over the world.

I was present at another function is 1996 where Srila
Govinda Maharaja spoke at Srila Prabhupada’s centennial
celebration in Santa Cruz, CA organized by ISKCON
of Berkeley. He said, “Today I will make a confession.
Confessions are part of your western religion and today
it is my turn to make a confession. He related how he and
his Gurudeva, Srila Sridhara Maharaja contemplated the
prophecy of Lord Chaitanya, pritivite ache yata/ nagar adi
grama …… the holy name will be chanted in every town
and village… He said we believed this would happen, but
we did not know how it would happen. Then we heard
your Swami Maharaj did it. Still we did not believe it. Later,
I began to travel around the world and actually see it with
my own eyes. Still I cannot believe it. I cannot believe how
he did such a wonderful thing. Actually all we are doing is
eating Swami Maharaja’s remnants.”

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