Srila Prabhupads nector

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April 29

 

 

This morning, Srila Prabhupada read in the papers that

Mr. J. P. Narayan would go to the United States for

medical treatment. Srila Prabhupada commented that he

and J.P. had the same disease, and Dr. G. Ghosh had

also told Mr. Narayan that he should go to Jaislok

Hospital for treatment. But despite so much care,

Jaislok failed; and now Mr. Narayan had to go to

America. This confirmed that doctors were not always

able to cure a patient. Prabhupada said that under no

condition should we ever allow anyone to take him to a

hospital or administer drugs, even if he was

unconscious. He would rather die.

I asked Prabhupada whether we should file a case

against the pujaries of the Jagannatha temple in Puri,

but Prabhupada didn't like the idea. "We will go on in

our own way. I never cared for others. We are not

kanishta-adhikaris that Jagannatha is only sitting

there. We have hundreds of Jagannatha temples."

This afternoon, I asked Srila Prabhupada how much I

should advise and participate in the local management,

since he wanted me to write articles and become

learned. Srila Prabhupada stressed that all nine forms

of devotional service were equally important.

Management was arcanam. I could write in my spare

time, and giving class would accomplish studying. My

management should be that of an executive: I should

help to see that everything went on nicely.

In a letter to Adi-kesava Swami, I had written that

householders must donate fifty per cent of their

business income. But Srila Prabhupada corrected me and

said, "Up to." His Divine Grace was always very

lenient toward those not living in the temple. For

such devotees, service was completely voluntary; but

anyone living in the temple must be vairagi.

 

- From the TKG's Diary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami

Maharaj

 

 

 

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