nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svaminn iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
The other day I was looking at a photograph of Srila Prabhupada. He was walking alone in the rain without any umbrella. How much inconvenience His Divine Grace accepted for delivering Krishna consciousness to the world!
So far I am concerned I always take risk for Krishna. I came here in your country risking my life. And still although I am physically unfit, I am trying to execute the orders of my Guru Maharaja as far as possible. So, to take risk for Krishna is very good. You know the history of my starting the society in 1966, it was all risky, and I was alone, but I took it depending on Krishna. [Letter to Gargamuni, 12 February 1968]
This mood of taking risks for Krishna in order to benefit mankind was brought by Srila Prabhupada to the Western World. His writings and classes further reflected that mood, and his disciples felt inspired
and empowered to assist him in also taking some humble risks to spread the message of Godhead to distant, sometimes very risky places.
I have come here to fight with these atheists, you see, and we go everywhere. We are fighting with atheists all over the world. So, we are meeting so many opposing elements. You see? [Room Conversation, Indore, 13 December 1970]
Fighting atheism and establishing Lord Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead was Srila Prabhupada’s mission. He would not be satisfied with anything less. He did not compromise. He delivered Krishna consciousness for the maximum benefit of everyone. This is true compassion. A doctor administers the medicine as it is prescribed. He does not dilute the medicine in any way, in order to preserve its full potency.
[My] Guru Maharaja never compromised in his preaching, nor will I nor should any of my students. We are firmly convinced that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all others are His part and parcel servants. This we must declare boldly to the whole world, that they should not foolishly dream of world peace unless they are prepared to surrender fully to Krishna as Supreme Lord. [Letter to Giriraj, 3 January 1972]
Another feature of Srila Prabhupada’s uncompromising presentation of Krishna consciousness was that he always stressed the point that the chanting of Hare Krishna is the most effective process to attain
liberation.
Our Krishna consciousness movement stresses the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra only, whereas those who do not know the secret of success for this Age of Kali unnecessarily indulge in the cultivation of knowledge, the practice of mystic yoga, or the performance of fruitive activities or useless austerities. They are simply wasting their time and misleading their followers. [Caitanyacaritamrita, Adi 17.24, purport)
