Guru cannot sit in such a place.

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As Prabhupada left the Indian Tourist Office he found that there was no car

to take him to the temple. While several devotees ran around trying to find

a taxi, Prabhupada waited, standing before a sidewalk cafe.

 

Thinking that Prabhupada must be tired from the rigorous press conference

and his long flight from Moscow, one of the devotees asked, "Srila

Prabhupada, would you like to sit here for a minute?" And the devotee pulled

one of the cafe chairs out away from its table.

 

"What is this place?" Prabhupada asked.

 

"This is a sidewalk cafe," the devotee replied.

 

"What do people do here? Do they smoke and drink?"

 

"Yes, Srila Prabhupada, it's a cafe. They serve alcoholic beverages."

 

"No," Prabhupada replied. "Guru cannot sit in such a place."

 

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