Even the Calcutta Cabbies know

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> that is my point ,what is the need of some candy cane , when Radha Govindas

> burfy is of a

> "different " creation

You missed my point altogether. Payonidhi Prabhu when you send us nectar, it's

nice, by why do you insist on arguing with my godbrothers and sisters who were

serving Srila Prabhupada when you weren't even in your diaper dhoti? You

disturbed Ramabhadra so much at one point he wanted to quit this discussion.

Lucikly for us he stayed around and gave us such nectarean instructions. Just

come down off your high horse and stop beating us over the head like Banasura

with a hundred arguments. Just graciously accept defeat and beg for one of

Radha Govinda's Mahaprasad Candy Canes this marathon. ;-)

 

> I do however believe the burfy of Radha Govinda

> will be liked by one and all also, even the karmis.

We love burfy, Calcutta cabbies love it, but my Mother, for one, hated burfy.

But she loved candy canes!

 

> In Europe I don't recall us distributing prasadam with books, except for

> Harinama and devotees would never ever consider offering something made by

> karmis and offer it to the Deities . I doubt in India that would be accepted

> too.

Again in India Srila Prabhupada told us to buy sweets from the sweet shop to

offer to the Deities. He said as soon as you pay money it's purified. About

candy canes, even though they're made by karmis, he said a little water, sugar,

and color, what is the harm?

 

You may not like something, but if Srila Prabhupada liked or approved of it,

what's the problem:

 

Pradyumna's attachment for Kåñëa was always exhibited by his action. Whenever

Whenever he was ordered by his father to execute something, he would

immediately execute the order, taking the task as nectarean even though it may

have been poison. Similarly, whenever he would find something to be disapproved

of by his father, he would immediately reject it as poison, even though it may

have been nectarean. NOD

 

In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,

Deena Bandhu dasa

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In a message dated 9/30/2006 8:30:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Bhakti.Vikasa.Swami (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes:

 

The laddus that devotees used to distribute to the NYC public are famous

even now.

 

 

 

Hare Krishna:

Please accept my humble obeisance's. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Here is a brief history of the Sankirtana prasadam distribution of the

1970's. The sweet was actually named "Lugglu" and it was similar to a modern

day

health bar with various nuts, raisins, honey, dry fruits,chick pea flour, and

all cooked in pure ghee.It is a very expensive sweet to produce today as all

those ingredient prices have skyrocketed. After preparing and offering to Sri

Sri Radha Govinda the Lugglu was packaged individually in a clear plastic

sleeve with a color foldable mantra invitation card with all Lugglu ingredients

 

listed on the label.The label had a line drawing in one corner of

Shyamasundar playing His flute in three fold bending form. The most impressive

words on

the label were at the end of the ingredient listing it was written, "Made

with love and devotion by devotees of Lord Krishna", I will never forget those

 

words.

The lugglus were distributed in the tens of thousands and the devotees

became popular especially when doing Sankirtana on the Subway cars where people

 

would call out for one of "those candies" when devotees would enter a Subway

car

to make an announcement prior to collecting donations and giving Srila

Prabhupada's books and of course Radha Govinda's lugglus.

Sometime on Monday nights at the Henry St. temple would be Istagosthi and

simultaneous mass packaging of thousands of Lugglu as we would get an update

on

things Srila Prabhupada said or a letter on instruction Srila Prabhupada had

recently sent out.

Sometime before Hari Nam Sankirtan which took place six days a week, a few

Senior devotees would take some of us young and hungry kids into the

Storehouse room of Lugglu Prema, yes the Lugglu prasadam had its own storage

room in

the basement. We would get two or three lugglus to Krishnaize us so we would

dance and chant with great energy for many hours on Hari nam. One of the most

memorable lugglu pastimes is when the Rolling Stones were performing five

consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden. The entire temple except for a

pujari or two and a security person, approximately 100 devotees went every

night

from 6pm - 8pm in front of Madison Square Garden where Agnideva prabhu,

Visnugada prabhu, and a few other super excellent kirtan men would lead us in

Sankirtana as approximately eight thousand lugglus per night were distributed

to

the hungry, hankering, and appreciative young people waiting for the concert

doors to open. Many thousands of books and especially large numbers of the

Reservoir of Pleasure were distributed. We also gave a fifty gallon barrel of

prasadam lemonade and a lot of watermelon prasadam, all for free and of course

 

we accepted any charity given.We gave forty thousand (40,000) free lugglus

in the five nights of Sankirtana. The atmosphere became so spiritually

surcharged that even the Rolling Stones, yes even the Devil became influenced.

 

Inside the concert the Rolling Stones entrance on to the main stage was made on

 

top of a moving giant Lotus Flower. Hopefully they didn't think they were God.

 

There is hope for the Rolling Stones as we were told that Jadurani Mataji

distributed a Bhagavad-gita to Mick Jagger and the Devil himself gave a $100

donation. All glories to the sweet days of sweet lugglu Radha Govinda prasadam

 

distribution.

 

Your insignificant servant,

Ramabhadra das