Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions

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October 13

 

 

At night Prabhupada had passed urine full of pus and

blood clots. Bhagatji took the urine to be analyzed

and the doctor prescribed some pills which he said

must be taken, otherwise within three days it could be

fatal. But Prabhupada refused to take them.

Prabhupada called for Jayapataka Swami and asked, "So

often there are difficulties [in mayapur]. You are not

disappointed?" Jayapataka explained that some of the

attackers continued their violent activities, and now

the authorities were beginning to feel they were a

disturbance.

Prabhupada: Yes, they are gundas.

Jayapataka Maharaja: You gave me the name Jayapataka.

I hope that name comes true, that there will be

victory.

Prabhupada: It has already become so. The land next to

the big building, how much the Muhammadan wants to

sell to us for?

Jayapataka Maharaja explained that due to the incident

no outsiders wanted to purchase anymore, so the man

was forced to reduce his price.

Prabhupada: If he comes to three thousand rupees,

purchase it. My idea is on that land we shall dig

another moat long and wide. Dig the earth and make it

like a lake. It will be like a small canal.

Bhavananda Maharaja: Then no one will be able to

attack. After the incident I was feeling a little

disturbed how this could happen to Prabhupada's

project. Now I am feeling better.

Prabhupada called for his sister and spoke in Bengali.

Prabhupada (to his sister): Sometime in past I heard

you were not allowed in the room. So if there is any

offense, I want you to forgive me. (Then to

Bhakti-caru Maharaja who was standing there) Apart

from being my sister, she is my Godsister. She took

harinama diksa from Bhaktisiddhanta. If we make

offense upon any Vaisnava, it is not good. So please

ask her to forgive me. I am only taking juice, but I

would like to eat something. What? Today I am going to

eat something, solid food. It doesn't matter whether

it does good to me or bad to me. Nothing can be worse

than this. She is a Vaisnavi, it will be good for me.

Probably I became a little puffed up of my opulence

and success. Now God has shattered that pride-If you

don't have your body, then what's there to be

puffed-up of?

Bhakti-caru Maharaja: Srila Prabhupada, whatever you

have done, you have done for Krsna.

Prabhupada: That may be, but in this world unknowingly

you commit offenses.

Bhakti-caru Maharaja: You can't ever commit offenses,

Srila Prabhupada. You are God's dear one, how can you

commit offenses?

Prabhupada: I am a little temperamental person. Often

I used to use the words like rascal, etc. I never

compromised. They used to call it kurul niye pracara.

Preaching with a pickaxe. Kurul in one hand and

Bhagavatam in the other hand. That's how I preached.

Anyway, make all the arrangements for her.

 

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

Maharaja

 

 

 

 

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