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Tribhuvannath Prepares to Leave England

By Vipramukhya Swami

 

CHAKRA - Bhaktivedanta Manor, England (June 9, 2001): Tribhuvannatha Prabhu,

one of Srila Prabhupada's first disciples in the United Kingdom, is

preparing to leave England after refusing surgery to treat an advanced stage

of stomach cancer. He plans to visit Brasil for further treatment by a

renowned Christian "healer" and then, if the treatment proves ineffective,

to spend his remaining days in Vrindavan, India. Doctors are saying that

without surgery he may only live another three months.

 

Tribhuvannatha Prabhu joined ISKCON at the end of 1969 and beginning of

1970. He served in various capacities including president of the London

temple and president of ISKCON New Delhi. He also has done extensive

preaching throughout India, England, Ireland, the Middle East and in more

recent years Africa. He has been on the GBC waiting list to take sannyasa

for several years and was recently the National Secretary of ISKCON UK and

the temple president of the Birmingham, England temple. Until recently, when

he learned of his disease, he was personally managing large Hare Krishna

festivals all over England and Africa. He gave the first class ever given at

Bhaktivedanta Manor in England in 1973 and has always been enthusiastic

about harinama sankirtan. Today he gave what might be his last class at

Bhaktivedanta Manor.

 

This morning, after class, Tribhuvannatha Prabhu romanticized about his

early days in the Hare Krishna Movement. "I vividly remember walking in Bury

Place in London for the first time. I remember thinking I wasn't going to

walk out. It was a very spiritual place. The devotees were serving popcorn

and orange juice and invited me to take some. There was a lot of intense

eagerness for this evening meal. I though it was amazing, even though it

seemed a strange combination."

 

Dhananjaya Prabhu, another early English devotee, showed Tribhuvannatha

around the temple. "Dhananjaya showed him around the building. All the rooms

were empty. There was no furniture. I was really attracted because of the

monastic atmosphere. He took me to see the deities and I was completely

mesmerized. Straight after arati everyone in the temple went out on Harinam

at 8 PM at night. I went out with them, and they came back at 10 PM. I

didn't want to go back. I wanted to stay but they said I had to come for

Mangal Arati before they would let me stay. So I stayed up all night walking

in the streets of London, and showed up for Mangal Arati. That was it. By 10

AM I was shaved up."

 

Dhananjaya Prabhu, another early English devotee, showed Tribhuvannatha

around the temple. "All the rooms were empty. There was no furniture. I was

really attracted because of the monastic atmosphere. He took me to see the

deities and I was completely mesmerized. Straight after arati everyone in

the temple went out on Harinam at 8 PM at night. I went out with them, and

they came back at 10 PM. I didn't want to go back. I wanted to stay but they

said I had to come for Mangal Arati before they would let me stay. So I

stayed up all night walking in the streets of London, and showed up for

Mangal Arati. That was it. By 10 AM I was shaved up," Tribhuvannatha

remembers.

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