Guest guest Posted July 9, 2001 Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 Prabhupada learned one day that one of his disciples had left the company of the ISKCON devotees to live among the babajis at Radha-kunda. Prabhupada became angry and sent for the boy to come immediately. When the boy arrived, Prabhupada went out to see him. Dressed in only a dhoti, Prabhupada spoke sternly to his disciple, saying that the monkeys of Vrndavana also live simply but are interested only in eating and sex. "Don't become a monkey!" Prabhupada said, trembling as he spoke. "Why don't you come and live with me?" The boy replied, "The babajis have given me some facility to chant." "You come with me!" Prabhupada exclaimed. "I will give you facility. But don't become a monkey." The boy surrendered before Prabhupada's compassionate concern. Prabhupada heard from his disciples living in Vrndavana that some of the local gosvamis had a complaint about him. They had read an article published in Back to Godhead and considered it insulting. The article, written by Prabhupada's disciple Hayagriva, contained a statement that gosvamis in Vrndavana who misbehaved would become hogs and monkeys in Vrndavana in their next life. Prabhupada replied that the statement was accurate. The article, he said, had not specifically referred to the present gosvamis but to any gosvami who lived sinfully in Vrndavana. This was not merely an opinion but was the authoritative conclusion of the original gosvamis of Vrndavana. >>> Ref. VedaBase => SPL 43: Beginning the Temple of Krsna-Balarama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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