My dear Lord Krishna,
someone asked if we prayed
just to Prabhupada or to You.
I said, “Prabhupada taught us to pray
to Krishna. We see the Deity
on the altar and the Lord in His names
because the Swami said so.”
He said, “That’s great
You get both guru and Krishna.”
Yes, I said, that’s the way
Prabhupada taught.
He never said he was God and that we
should chant his names.
Dear Lord Krishna, Sri Krishna,
I am reading again Your Bhagavad-gita
and hearing my master’s lectures.
He hammers home to all audiences
that You are the Supreme Person. Your
name is all-attractive.
You appear as Your son or prophet,
but especially as Krishna, whose
activities are most pleasing.
Lord Caitanya gives us
the easiest method to
reach the topmost.
Don’t talk of varnas, He said,
that is superficial. Direct
chanting of Hare Krishna
is love of God made easy.
If we still fail, what can be said?
(Gentle Power, Collected Poems 1995–1996)