Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Krishna saved you from all nonsens

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Srila Prabhupada NectarKrishna saved you from all

nonsense

 

Some of Prabhupada's disciples were in the midst of

famous or infamous careers just before they joined him

to take up full time spiritual life. Jagattarini-devi

dasi had been a leading movie actress in Australia and

had just made a film with Mick Jagger before deciding

to surrender to Srila Prabhupada. One time while

Prabhupada was visiting in Australia, a reporter

picked up on the story that the former actress had now

become a renounced devotee. They ran two pictures in

the newspaper showing Jagattarini first as a movie

actress, with make-up and fashionable attire, and

another photo of her wearing a sari and washing a pot.

When the newspaper came out, the devotees were amused

and wanted to bring it to Prabhupada, although

Jagattarini was frightened that he would be

displeased. When Prabhupada saw the photos, he

laughed.

"In this picture as a movie actress, she looks morose

and she is not very beautiful," said Prabhupada. Then

he pointed to the picture of his disciple in a sari.

"But in this picture she looks very lively and

beautiful. But to the materialist, he will see it the

other way.

That evening in the temple, when Jagattarini

approached Prabhupada's vyasasana to receive a piece

of prasadam, he said to her, "You are very fortunate,

because Krsna saved you from all that nonsense."

A newly-wed husband disciple, once approached Srila

Prabhupada for advice about marriage and got a

puzzling reply.

Srila Prabhupada had himself performed a fire yajna

ceremony for the young man and woman in his London

temple, and the next morning the newlyweds managed to

accompany Srila Prabhupada alone of his morning walk.

The husband walked next to Prabhupada and the wife

walked three paces behind.

"Prabhupada, what does it mean to be married in Krsna

consciousness?"

Prabhupada was silent for a moment and then said, "To

be married in Krsna consciousness means that before

you eat your prasadam, you go out in the street and

you call three times loudly. 'Does anyone want to

take prasadam? Does anyone want to take prasadam?

Does anyone want to take prasadam? And if no one

comes, then you take your prasadam."

The husband felt somewhat bewildered, because he was

hoping to hear directions about the position of a

married couple and how they should deal intimately in

relating to each other. The young man thought that

perhaps Prabhupada had not understood him, and so near

the end of the walk he again asked the same question.

"Prabhupada, what does it mean to be married in Krsna

Consciousness?"

Prabhupada steadily repeated his answer, "To be

married in Krsna consciousness means that before you

take prasadam, you go out into the street and you

loudly call three times, 'Does anyone want to take

prasadam?' and if no one comes, then you take

prasadam."

- From the Nectar by HH Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

 

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