Srila Prabhupada shaved on ekadasi?

August 16, 2003

> > In "Srila Prabhupada and His Disciples in Germany" Bhakti-bhusana Swami

> > states that Srila Prabhupada usually had his head shaved only every

> > ekadasi.

> >

> > I was surprised to read this as shaving is generally proscribed on

> > ekadasi.

> >

> > Any comments about this?

>

> No idea how this (strange) statement made it into the book, nor can I

> check the bbok because I don't have a copy. By the way which page is it?

> Ys, BbSwami

I read it in the Vedabase so don't know which page it is on. Maybe Vedavyasa

Prabhu, who compiled the book, could say. Does anyone have his email

address?

dasa, BVS

August 16, 2003

Here is the quotation:

*>*>| Bhakti-bhusana Swami: "In the late afternoon on Janmastami, we

*>*>| assembled in the temple room, and Hayagriva, who had arrived from

the

*>*>| U.S.A. the day before, read from the manuscript of the Krsna

book.

*>*>| Prabhupada, sitting on his vyasasana, was simply absorbed in

*>*>| listening to Krsna's pastimes. This Janmastami was the first time

I

*>*>| ever fasted, and I was gradually becoming weak and spaced-out. We

sat

*>*>| for hours listening to Krsna book.

*>*>| "In the evening, Prabhupada decided to have his head shaved

--something

*>*>| he usually did only every ekadasi-- and Krsna Dasa, who regarded

this

*>*>| as his favorite service, carefully shaved Srila Prabhupada's head

*>*>| while we others watched.

*>*>|

*>*>| >>> Ref. VedaBase => SPDG 3: The First Visit

*>*>||