The title "Prabhupada"

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami sets the example of offering obeisances to
all the preacher devotees of Lord Caitanya, without distinction as to higher
and lower. Unfortunately, at present there are many foolish so-called
devotees of Lord Caitanya who make such distinctions. For example, the title
"Prabhupada" is offered to a spiritual master, especially to a distinguished
spiritual master such as Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, Srila Jiva Gosvami
Prabhupada or Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. When our
disciples similarly wanted to address their spiritual master as Prabhupada,
some foolish people became envious. Not considering the propaganda work of
the Hare Krsna movement, simply because these disciples addressed their
spiritual master as Prabhupada they became so envious that they formed a
faction along with other such envious persons just to minimize the value of
the Krsna consciousness movement. To chastise such fools, Krsnadasa Kaviraja
Gosvami very frankly says, keha karibare nare jyestha-laghu-krama. Anyone
who is a bona fide preacher of the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must be
respectful to the real devotees of Lord Caitanya; one should not be envious,
considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This
is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual
activities. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami therefore offers equal respect to all
the preachers of the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who are compared to
the branches of the tree. ISKCON is one of these branches, and it should
therefore be respected by all sincere devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Srila Prabhupada
CC Adi 10.7, ppt.