Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 Buddhimanta had never met Srila Prabhupada and the Temple president of the San Franscisco, Kesava dasa. thought he should since he was the " biggest " book distributor at that time. They were all in Los Angeles and Buddhimanta had just come in from a day of distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. He had distributed about 100 small books at store right near the temple. When he returned from sankirtan Kesava said to Buddhi that Prabhupada wanted to see him ASAP. Buddhi ran to the Bhramachari ashram and took a shower put on a dhoti but could not find a clean kurta so wore nothing on top. He returned and they went up to Prabhupada's quarters. Buddhi the fast talking book distributor was in awe. He had distributed thousands of his books but never personally met Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada entered the room and Kesava and Buddhi both paid their obiesances. Srila Prabhupada sat down and said to Buddhi "so you distribute the most books?" Buddhi was in such awe he could not speak, so Kesava spoke for him and said"yes Srila Prabhupada, he is the biggest distributor." "How many books did you distribute today" asked Srila Prabhupada. Buddhi still could not speak and Kesava replied " about 100.do you trick the people or tell them the truth to sell them a book" questioned Srila Prabhupada. Buddhi still was speechless and Kesava replied, "he tricks them . he tells them it is for a yoga society. that is ok " Srila Prabhupada answered. "How come you are not wearing a shirt" questioned Srila Prabhupada looking at the bear chested Buddhi manta. "you work very had and should stay covered to not catch a cold." finally Buddhi could speak and relied, "I had just come back from book distribution and Kesava said we were going to see you I took a shower and my kurtas were dirty, so I came bare chested rather that wear a dirty shirt." Srila Prabhupada turned to his servant and said "go to my closet and get a clean kurta for Buddhimanta." the servant appeared with a clean kurta and gave it to Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada handed the kurta to Buddhimanta and said "put this on and stay warm." Buddhi manta was about six feet two inches and much larger than Srila Prabhupada but slipped into the kurta and thanked Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada thanked Buddhimanta for his book distribution and told him to teach other devotees how to distribute his books. Buddhi and Kesava thanked Srail Prabhupada , paid their obiesances and left the room. Buddhi was visiting Hawaii teaching book distribution and kept that kurta with his other clothes. One day a devotee that he had sold book in the Los Angeles airport, was having difficulties and was thinking of leaving. Buddhi gave him Srial Prabhupada's kurta with the promise he would not leave. He did not and at the present time does huge service distributing Krishna consciouness news in a newspaper under the guidance of Mukunda Goswami. The other evening a sanayssi was speaking about how he had purchased this Krishna Book from Buddhimanta. The sanyassi said his wife was angry for three days because he purchased the Krishna book. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his first book distributor, Buddhimanta. Buddhimanta left his body on Feb 13. your servant, Pandava vijaya dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2001 Report Share Posted February 14, 2001 Thank you prabhu for sharing this nectar. Srila Prabhupada's mercy is unfathonable and it is such an inspiration to read of HDG's personal attention to his disciples. Buddhimanta's story is so nice, because it gives second generation devotees such as myself an example to follow and imitate. To have complete faith in Krsna and the Guru. Your servant, Kalavati dd kalavati.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net --- "WWW: Pandava Vijaya (Dasa) TKG (Houston TX - USA)" <pandava (AT) ev1 (DOT) net> wrote: > Buddhimanta had never met Srila Prabhupada and the > Temple president of the San > Franscisco, Kesava dasa. thought he should since he > was the " biggest " book > distributor at that time. They were all in Los > Angeles and Buddhimanta had > just come in from a day of distributing Srila > Prabhupada's books. He had > distributed about 100 small books at store right > near the temple. When he > returned from sankirtan Kesava said to Buddhi that > Prabhupada wanted to see > him ASAP. Buddhi ran to the Bhramachari ashram and > took a shower put on a > dhoti but could not find a clean kurta so wore > nothing on top. He returned and > they went up to Prabhupada's quarters. Buddhi the > fast talking book > distributor was in awe. He had distributed thousands > of his books but never > personally met Srila Prabhupada. > Srila Prabhupada entered the room and Kesava and > Buddhi both paid their > obiesances. Srila Prabhupada sat down and said to > Buddhi "so you distribute > the most books?" Buddhi was in such awe he could not > speak, so Kesava spoke > for him and said"yes Srila Prabhupada, he is the > biggest distributor." > "How many books did you distribute today" asked > Srila Prabhupada. Buddhi > still could not speak and Kesava replied " about > 100.do you trick the > people or tell them the truth to sell them a book" > questioned Srila > Prabhupada. Buddhi still was speechless and Kesava > replied, "he tricks them . > he tells them it is for a yoga society. that is > ok " Srila Prabhupada > answered. "How come you are not wearing a shirt" > questioned Srila Prabhupada > looking at the bear chested Buddhi manta. "you work > very had and should stay > covered to not catch a cold." finally Buddhi could > speak and relied, "I had > just come back from book distribution and Kesava > said we were going to see you > I took a shower and my kurtas were dirty, so I came > bare chested rather that > wear a dirty shirt." Srila Prabhupada turned to his > servant and said "go to my > closet and get a clean kurta for Buddhimanta." the > servant appeared with a > clean kurta and gave it to Srila Prabhupada. Srila > Prabhupada handed the kurta > to Buddhimanta and said "put this on and stay warm." > Buddhi manta was about > six feet two inches and much larger than Srila > Prabhupada but slipped into the > kurta and thanked Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada > thanked Buddhimanta for > his book distribution and told him to teach other > devotees how to distribute > his books. Buddhi and Kesava thanked Srail > Prabhupada , paid their obiesances > and left the room. > Buddhi was visiting Hawaii teaching book > distribution and kept that kurta > with his other clothes. One day a devotee that he > had sold book in the Los > Angeles airport, was having difficulties and was > thinking of leaving. Buddhi > gave him Srial Prabhupada's kurta with the promise > he would not leave. He did > not and at the present time does huge service > distributing Krishna > consciouness news in a newspaper under the guidance > of Mukunda Goswami. > The other evening a sanayssi was speaking about > how he had purchased this > Krishna Book from Buddhimanta. The sanyassi said his > wife was angry for three > days because he purchased the Krishna book. All > glories to Srila Prabhupada > and his first book distributor, Buddhimanta. > Buddhimanta left his body on Feb 13. > your servant, > Pandava vijaya dasa > > > ===== Caroline Brooks (B)919-829-4313 (H)919-781-3777 brooks_caroline Get personalized email addresses from Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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