if sometimes you aren't chanting your rounds, that's all right

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna dear Prabhus.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

Any further explanation of the following will be appreciated.

 

Your servant,

Mahat-tattva dasa

 

 

 

 

But as soon as he entered Prabhupada's room he sensed something heavy was about

to happen.

Srila Prabhupada smiled and asked Bhagavata how he was.

"I'm fine, Srila Prabhupada."

"How would you like to stay here and manage this place?"

"Well, Srila Prabhupada, I don't really think I can stay here. It's too hard."

"Couldn't you stay here and build this building?"

"I could. But it is very difficult. And I was all set to go to New York."

Bhagavata began excitedly telling Prabhupada about a telegram from Adi-kesava

Swami in New York inviting him to come and head an important preaching

department in the temple.

"New York?" said Srila Prabhupada. "They have too many men in New York already.

You don't have to go to New York. You should stay here."

Bhagavata objected; he couldn't work with Gargamuni Swami, the G.B.C. man for

this area of India. Prabhupada replied that he was sending Gargamuni to

Bangladesh; he wouldn't be in charge of ISKCON in Orissa any more. Prabhupada

would personally supervise Bhagavata.

Bhagavata dasa's next objection was that his health was not good, and he had to

sleep a lot.

"This is a very healthy place," Prabhupada countered. "You simply go out in the

field to pass stool, then wash with your lota, and afterwards clean the lota

with the mud. And you can bathe with the same lota. In this way you will stay

clean and healthy."

Bhagavata then raised his ultimate objection. "Srila Prabhupada," he said, "to

tell you the truth, I'm not chanting my rounds. I think I'd better go to New

York, because there is good association there, and I can become strong in my

regulations."

"That's all right," Prabhupada replied. "You are working very hard. So if

sometimes you aren't chanting your rounds, that's all right. As long as you are

working hard, you can do your rounds at another time."

"Well, Srila Prabhupada," said Bhagavata dasa, "according to the Gurvastakam, I

can understand that whenever you please the spiritual master you please Krsna."

Prabhupada smiled. "Yes."

"So if you want me to stay here, then I should stay."

"Yes, I want you to stay here -- make life members, buildthis building, and

help manage the place." Although Prabhupada had laid a cornerstone for a

temple, the center had no funds or donors in sight and no established

congregation. All the devotees had was faith in Srila Prabhupada.

 

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