Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Be attentive to the lectures

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Srila Prabhupada NectarBe attentive

 

Srila Prabhupada wanted devotees and guests to be

attentive while he spoke on the Bhagavad-gita and

Srimad Bhagavatam. One time when Prabhupada objected

to a baby's crying, a person in the audience

challenged, "If you are a guru, why are you

disturbed?" Prabhupada replied that it was the

audience who was disturbed from attentive hearing and

that was why he had asked that the baby's noises be

stopped. Even when Prabhupada spoke Hindi, which most

of his disciples could not understand, he expected

them to stay and be quiet. He said that even if they

couldn't understand the language, the sound vibration

would purify them.

One time in New Delhi, while Prabhupada was speaking

to a government minister and other guests in his room,

two of his disciples created a disturbance.

Brahmananda Swami was ill and needed the address of a

doctor, so he entered the room to catch Tejas's

attention. At first Tejas didn't want to speak at

all, but Brahmananda insisted and poked him in the

side. Tejas turned and gave the doctor's address, but

Brahmananda requested more information, and the two of

them began to argue. In response to the disturbance,

Prabhupada stopped speaking. When the devotees looked

at him, he was staring at the spot on the ceiling just

above where they were sitting. Prabhupada then

lowered his vision from the ceiling and looked

straight and steady at the two offending disciples.

"It is very annoying to me," said Prabhupada. He

shook his head with displeasure and added, "It is very

disconcerting." These last words were spoken in a

soft tone, but with anger. The atmosphere of the room

became very tense. The distinguished guests were

looking at the boys and Prabhupada, and the boys were

devastated. Prabhupada's displeasure continued

unrelieved until suddenly another devotee entered the

room and announced "Prabhupada, the car is ready."

Only by Prabhupada's rising to exit for another

engagement did he release his disciples from his

instructive displeasure.

- From the Nectar by HH Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

 

 

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