Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Little Drops of Nectar

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Little Drops of Nectar

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Little Drops of Nectar

 

 

Once at a lecture in the temple room in Los Angeles in

1970, just after moving into the building, Srila

Prabhupada asked the assembled devotees, "Is anyone

not chanting sixteen rounds?" Only one boy raised his

hand. It was Bhakta dasa. Prabhupada said, "You are

not finishing sixteen rounds?"

"Well, Srila Prabhupada," he said, "I've been working

until late at night and only sleeping four hours, so I

haven't had time to finish."

Srila Prabhupada replied strongly, "Then sleep only

two hours, but you must finish sixteen rounds a day."

 

While staying in Sydney, Srila Prabhupada held an

initiation and sacrifice in the backyard. The devotees

then brought Srila Prabhupada the Deities'

maha-prasadam. He looked at the plate and picked out

one puri. He smelled it, poked it with his fingers,

and then tasted it. "This puri is the best puri," he

said. "It is perfect. Bring me the man who has cooked

this puri."

The devotees ran off and found the fortunate cook,

Kurma dasa. They brought him before Prabhupada, who

said, "Thank you very much for following the rules and

regulations. I can understand that to cook such a puri

you are following all the rules nicely." Prabhupada

explained that that was the way to do things properly

-- to follow, to be strict.

"I don't like second-class things," he said. "I like

first-class puris." Every day while in Sydney,

Prabhupada used to have Kurma's first-class puris and

he liked them very much indeed.

 

 

"If I were to have a son, should I train him to do my

work?" Bharadvaja asked Srila Prabhupada.

At that time Bharadvaja was in charge of the FATE

studio, making diorama sculptures of krsna-lila. He

had also seen in India how children are taught their

father's work at a very young age so that they become

proficient.

Srila Prabhupada replied, "You are not a potter.

Tomorrow you may be called to worship the Deity."

In this way, Srila Prabhupada taught us to be attached

only to the order of the spiritual master, not to any

concept of oneself as an artist or pujari.

 

Danavira dasa, interview; Jayapataka Swami, interview;

Rukmini-devi dasi, interview.

 

- From the Prabhupada Nectar by HH Satsvarupa dasa

Goswami Maharaj

 

 

 

 

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