Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Little Drops of Nectar

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Little Drops of Nectar

 

 

In September 1976, Prabhupada was sitting in

Vrndavana. Two of his sannyasi disciples came before

him. Prabhupada spoke to them individually, giving

different instructions.

To one he said, "You are a sannyasi. Why are you

spending such long time here? You have a bus, and you

must travel. Sannyasa means that now you have to

preach all over the world. So why you should be

thinking of becoming temple president here? Actually a

sannyasi should not stay in any place for more than

three days at a time. When the wheels stop turning,

then preaching is stopped also. Still, the temple is

nirguna, so you may stay, but not for more than three

days. That is allowed, but only if you have business

there." In this way, Prabhupada encouraged one of his

men to immediately go out and preach, and he

admonished him for staying too long in one place.

As soon as he had finished speaking in that way,

Prabhupada turned to the other sannyasi and told him,

"Now you must never leave Vrndavana unless I say so.

You should stay here and do the management." All the

devotees present laughed. It seemed wonderful how

Prabhupada had just given two completely contradictory

statements, and yet everyone accepted them as truth.

 

When Prabhupada was attending the Kumbha-mela in

Prayag in 1977, a few devotees from England arrived

with a special gift. They had brought rasagullas that

had been offered the previous day to the Radha-Krsna

Deities in London.

"Not even the Queen of England," said Prabhupada,

"could enjoy a rasagulla made in England while sitting

at the Kumbha-mela. This is the first time that anyone

has been able to do this." Prabhupada was alluding to

the fact that in India, from the time of British

occupation, things that were "made in London" were

considered the best. Anything made in London was the

best and the most expensive. Certainly rasagullas were

available all over India, but the fact that one was

made in London and immediately exported to Prabhupada

in his tent at Kumbha-mela was a symbol of the wonder

and wealth of the Krsna consciousness movement.

 

- From the Prabhupada Nectar by HH Satsvarupa dasa

Goswami Maharaj

 

 

 

 

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