How should you continue this thing, that same way as they did? They were inspired before, doing bhajana with such a strong desire and hope. How can we continue? I don’t want that—as you are now so inspired—but when I return to India you will become weaker and weaker. I don’t want this. Whether you are a gṛhastha or a renounced brahmacārī, you should be very strong. You should realize that your Gurudeva is always with you.
Just like we think that, “My Gurudeva has not left this world.” Never. Svāmījī has not left us. He is also here. He is omnipresent. Always, always, we should chant and remember in this way, as we were chanting and remembering at that time— never falling down. Don’t think that we are so big now that our Gurudeva has passed on!
May 19, 1998, Washington