Everyone wants to know, they're tuned into the radio station, WIIFM: 'What's In It For Me?' This is what's in it for the soul: complete happiness, freedom from distress, all auspiciousness, non-interest in any kind of liberation. And they know that they can attract Kṛṣṇa by taking to this process. Mūlaprakṛti Dāsī was a great saṅkīrtana devotee. Did you know there were many very powerful women in the beginning of the movement? And even now! I'm just saying they were there then and now also. Prabhupāda acknowledged his Vaiṣṇavī warriors, who would go out for book distribution in Los Angeles especially, but everywhere else as well, but there, especially, because he spent a lot of time, he would acknowledge the Vaiṣṇavīs who went out for book distribution. Sometimes, after they would return, he would call them to his room and give them personal audience, ask how they did, what they were saying. He also gave Mūlaprakṛti, one of the great saṅkīrtana warriors, some lines that she could use on book distribution, because, after all, Prabhupāda was the first book distributor. She wrote a book about Prabhupāda because she had interviewed many people in Vṛndāvana when he lived here alone in this little room. There were many sādhus here and those who worked in this temple, which used to not have this roof; it was just open air. She got information about things that Prabhupāda did when he lived here. And one of them was that he used to sweep the courtyard; he used one of those brooms. A sādhu here reported, and it's in her book, that he would be calling out to Rūpa Gosvāmī as he swept, begging for his mercy to spread the saṅkīrtana movement all over the world. So when we come to these spiritual power centers—and this is one of them—we have everything here. We have not just the Gosvāmīs, but also Śrīla Prabhupāda’s place where he incubated the idea and the means for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. If we can come here and pray very deeply to be empowered by the Gosvāmīs, by Śrīla Prabhupāda, they’ll readily include us and we can find our Jaladūta. Prabhupāda found a Jaladūta, got on it. But which one’s ours? Will we get on a boat by ourselves somewhere? We may not get on a boat, but we have to do something bold before we leave this world. We should take a stand for spreading pure devotional service to the poor, conditioned souls who are left only with Coca-Cola, football games and politics. That’s all you get in the material world. There’s three things you get: Coca-Cola, you get football games, and politics, and that’s only three things you can have. Everyone is dying of spiritual hunger. So we’re on a mission to end poverty, spiritual poverty. ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------