CO-OPERATION

AMONGST
DEVOTEES!
Quotes & Excerpts from books, letters, & lectures by
Srila Prabhupada
 Srila Prabhupada would say:
“Your love for me will be shown
by how you co-operate with one
another.”
What is co-operation?

The willingness to work

with others irrespective of
the differences.
 LETTER TO: RAYARAMA — LOS ANGELES 20

FEBRUARY, 1969
SO FAR AS YOUR FRATERNAL QUARREL IS CONCERNED, I MAY

RECITE IN THIS CONNECTION ONE STORY: AN OLD FATHER

REQUIRED MASSAGING. SO ALL THE CHILDREN WANTED TO

SERVE THE FATHER. THE FATHER DIVIDED THE RIGHT AND LEFT

PORTION OF HIS BODY TO BE SERVED BY THE CHILDREN. LATER

ALONG WITH THE SERVICE, THERE WAS SOME QUARREL

BETWEEN THE CHILDREN, AND THEY WERE COMPETING BY

HITTING THE PARTS OF THE FATHER WHICH WAS ASSIGNED TO

THE OPPOSING PARTY. SO THE FATHER SAID THAT YOU ARE

HITTING MY DIFFERENT PARTS DUE TO YOUR OPPOSITION TO

ONE ANOTHER, BUT I AM THEREFORE DYING.

ON MAY 23, 1977, ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA
MADE A WELL-KNOWN STATEMENT
ABOUT THE TEST OF OUR LOVE.

ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA EMPHASIZED,

“YOUR LOVE FOR ME WILL BE
TESTED HOW AFTER MY DEPARTURE
YOU MAINTAIN THIS INSTITUTION.
WE HAVE GLAMOUR AND PEOPLE ARE
FEELING OUR WEIGHT. THIS SHOULD
BE MAINTAINED.” 
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LOOK WITHIN.
AMEND YOURSELF,
RATHER THAN
PRYING INTO THE
FRAILITIES OF
OTHERS.
FROM THE PAGES OF SRIMAD–BHAGAVATAM

(SRI NARADA MUNI’S INSTRUCTIONS TO

PRACETAS)

THE PARTS OF THE BODY—THE HANDS, THE

LEGS, THE EYES, THE EARS, THE FINGERS—
EVERYTHING KEEPS IN HEALTHY STAGE WHEN
THE PARTS OF THE BODY COOPERATE WITH
THE STOMACH. SIMILARLY, THE SUPREME
LIVING BEING, THE LORD, HE IS THE ENJOYER.
HE IS THE ENJOYER AND HE IS THE CREATOR.
AND WE, I MEAN TO SAY, SUBORDINATE LIVING
BEINGS, THE PRODUCTS OF THE ENERGY OF
THE SUPREME LORD, WE ARE JUST TO
COOPERATE WITH HIM. THAT COOPERATION
WILL HELP. - (SB – 4.31.14)
FROM THE PAGES OF SRIMAD–BHAGAVATAM

(SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD’S

INSTRUCTIONS TO PRACETAS)

MY DEAR SONS OF THE KING, I AM VERY MUCH

PLEASED BY THE FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS
AMONG YOU. ALL OF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN ONE
OCCUPATION—DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. I AM SO
PLEASED WITH YOUR MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP THAT
I WISH YOU ALL GOOD FORTUNE. NOW YOU
MAY ASK A BENEDICTION OF ME.

=> SB 4.30.8
“ The Lord is very satisfied with his devotee when the devotee greets other people
with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality. ”- SB 4.11.13