Remembering Srila Prabhupada - No question of my separation from

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Srila Prabhupada NectarMayapur

 

When Srila Prabhupada was planning the layout of the

temple room in Mayapur, his disciples were also taking

part.

"Where can we build a vyasasana?" one devotee asked.

"Should we put it at the other end of the temple

facing the Deities?"

But another devotee objected, "Isn't that too far for

you, Srila Prabhupada? Will you be able to see the

Deities from such a distance?"

Prabhupada replied strongly, "There's no question of

separation of distance between me and Krsna." So the

vyasasana was placed at the opposite end of Sri Sri

Radha-Madhava and Prabhupada could see Them very

nicely.

On a departure from Australia, Srila Prabhupada was

waiting for his plane. Devotees had brought him a

simple chair and he sat in an outdoor garden, just

outside the entrance to the airport. Watching while

hundreds of people walked in and out of the terminal,

Prabhupada sometimes inquired about their appearance

and their clothing styles. When he asked about the

elevated shoes he saw men wearing, devotees explained

that they were called "stacks."

"Some of them are elevated five or six inches high,"

said Amogha dasa. "People even twist their ankles

trying to walk in them."

Prabhupada laughed lightly. "There is a Bengali

proverb," he said. "Do something new." That is

Western civilisation. And they think that God is very

old. Not new."

The devotees were feeling awkward and apologetic that

Prabhupada had to sit in such a crowded public place.

One of them remarked, "Some day, Prabhupada, we shall

have our own airport."

"It is our airport," he said. "Everything belongs to

Krsna. So it is already ours."

- From the Nectar by HH Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

 

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