They are all in the kingdom of God - by Svati-devi dasi
One morning some of Srila Prabhupada's students were walking with him in
London's Regents Park. All kinds of flowers grew there, and I was
remembering that each day we offered lovely flowers like these to the Krsna
Deity back at the temple.
Before long I asked Srila Prabhupada, "When we offer flowers to Krsna, do
their spirit souls go back to the spiritual world?"
Srila Prabhupada remained silent awhile and then answered, "Yes. But
factually they are already in the kingdom of God." He stopped, waved his
cane over the cranes, ducks, people, and flowers in the park, and said,
"They are all in the kingdom of God."
Starting to see from his point of view, I said, "Yes, Srila Prabhupada, but
they are not aware that they are in the kingdom of God."
He replied, "That is the duty of a spiritual master -- to make them aware."
Another time I was with several devotees in Srila Prabhupada's room at our
small temple in Edinburgh, Scotland. As he was sitting, a shaft of sunlight
entered the window and lit up the whole room. Srila Prabhupada remarked with
a wave of his hand, "When you become Krsna conscious, it is just like that."
Ref: Back to Godhead Magazine #13-08, 1978
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