Realizations with Srila Prabhupada

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Realizations

 

Tosana Krsna once designed some brochures and posters advertising the devotees'

traveling rock opera. He wanted to show the materials to Prabhupada so that he

could converse with his spiritual master.

 

Tosana Krsna approached Prabhupada with the advertising materials. Included was

a poster showing the Vaikuntha planets and Krsnaloka, as depicted on the cover

of Srimad-Bhagavatam. In an effort to flatter Prabhupada, Tosana Krsna told him

that the cover was actually Prabhupada's idea. Prabhupada looked at Tosana

Krsna and said, "Why my idea? This is coming from sastra." Then Prabhupada

asked, "Are you chanting your rounds?" Tosana Krsna said yes, but he felt some

disappointment. It took him several years to realize that Prabhupada could not

be distracted from his duty as spiritual master or from his concern for the

spiritual life of his disciples.

 

 

 

In Dallas, Garuda hoped to hear Prabhupada give the Bhagavatam class. Before

class Prabhupada chanted Hare Krsna. On this occasion, Srila Prabhupada kept

chanting and chanting Hare Krsna from the vyasasana. Instead of giving the

class, Prabhupada kept chanting and chanting on and on. Garuda then realized

that the sole purpose of Prabhupada's mission was to spread the chanting of

Hare Krsna. He realized that the chanting permeated Prabhupada's whole life,

and that the only reason Prabhupada traveled was for the chanting of Hare

Krsna.

 

 

 

Prabhupada used his time perfectly in Krsna's service. He had a specific time

for everything -- for receiving his mail, for getting up, for eating, for

talking, for receiving guests. He did not waste a second.

 

In Los Angeles, Prabhupada would give his disciple, Aniruddha dasa, letters and

packages to mail. Once, after getting into the car, Prabhupada noticed that his

letters had not been posted. He had Aniruddha stop the car at the mailbox so as

not to miss the pickup time. The packages had to be the proper weight -- just

under the next rate level. By organizing his daily affairs so carefully,

Prabhupada could maximize the amount of work he could perform in Krsna's

service.

 

Tosana Krsna dasa, interview; Garuda dasa, interview; Aniruddha dasa,

interview.

 

 

- From the Prabhupada Nectar by HH Satsvarupa dasa Goswami Maharaj

 

 

 

 

 

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