Srila Prabhupad Pastimes

Despite severe toothache and swollen jaw Srila Prabhupad continued giving lectures, interviews and his ususl activities.when asked if he would like to see a dentist he told the devotees"Dont worry I am used to difficulties"(Preaching to America, Part 2 Aug 7, 1975)

A king is sitting on the throne and there is a bug. The bug and the king, they
are on the same throne, but the bug and the king, much difference. Sitting on
the same throne does not mean that they have become equal. Why? Due to the
constitutional position. The bug's constitutional position is to bite only, and
the king's position is to rule. Although they are on the same level, the
difference is great gulf of difference. Similarly, God and the living entity may
sit down together, may talk together, they lie together, eat together, but that
difference will be there.
Montreal, June 10, 1968


They have forgotten Krishna, they have forgotten God, and I am trying to make them Krishna conscious. It is a very difficult job. I have to shed my blood three tons before I make one convinced in Krishna consciousness. That is my experience. I have to talk with them, especially these Europeans and Americans. They do not accept anything so blindly.

Hong Kong, April 18, 1972



"Krishna is ready to talk with you. He has come. He has descended in arca-murti to talk with you, to be visible by you. Now you make yourself ready and fit to talk with Krishna. Then He will exchange conversation. This is possible."

Srila Prabhupada, Bombay, December 4, 1974

Sorrow

Some one asked prabhupad why did arjun lament the death of his son when he had been enlightened by bhagwat gita? Prabhupad said its natural in this world. There are physical situations, there are emotional situations and one is disturbed by them. However Arjuns service to the Lord was not disturbed. Arjundidnt give up the fight. Underany circumstance ones enthusiasm to serve the Lord is not disturbed.

Edwin Lord Weeks depiction of mathura ghats

FROM...www.edwinlordweeks.org...

Ugliness in vrindaban

...The ugliness that you see here is yogamaya..vrindaban appears this way to drive away the atheists and the impersonalits just as New York attracts them,,,,, vrindaban hides herself from the materialists.(Vrindaban Days. page20)

It is also said to be a filter...designed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it is technically known as PAURDHA-MAYA. Paurdha (curtain), and Maya (in this case, energy). For those jivas that are not yet ready to ¨see¨ the Holy Place, they are given a different outlook.

DADU(From the blog of HG Akincana Krishna das on myspace)

The day before Govardhana puja, Mukunda Datta, the head pujari of KB Mandir, had a home program, which Dadu attended. Before that program, I'd seen him around, but that day I got to relish his association directly.Here are some gem quotes:As they were serving the feast Dadu said "Every great civilization has developed near a large body of water. Why? Because water is the greatest necessity. Therefore, they should serve us some drinking water at this feast."Some of the devotees were teasing Dadu about his age. They asked him about his eternal age in the spiritual world. "How old are you there? 12 or 13?" "No" he said confidently. "10 to 12."Then they asked him how old he is now in his present body. "How old do I look?" he asked. Govinda said "You look like an energetic young man." "Oh?" Dadu said. "It must be the hat." (the same hat he's wearing in the "who i want to meet" section of my profile)As we were walking from the program he quoted the Lord's prayer: "Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen." He laughed after he repeated it. He said he remembered it from the Protestant school he went to in Calcutta growing up. "It is a good prayer" he said.He told me he's been in Vrndavana for 20 years, and before that at Radha Kunda for 27 months.I asked him if he ever had a family. He said "No, Krishna has saved me from that trouble. Krishna is certainly the greatest savior." His conviction and happiness when he said that were so beautiful.I offered to pay for a rickshaw and asked if I could ride with him. He said "You are paying for the ricksaw and then asking me for my permission to ride on it? You are certainly a great Vaisnava gentleman." I asked him for a picture, and told him I have many friends who remember him and love him. The best one is the one on my page. He agreed, but as I was taking pictures he started laughing and said "you are wasting your film, you are wasting your film!"Basically, Dadu is really amazing and it was such a pleasure to see him again.

SOME OLD PICTURES

Rare Shila

A rarest of rare pradyumna salagram shila . It has four openings or dwars on its four sides . Inside of each hole one finds two distinct chakras - one one the upper roof and one on the lower of the hollow cavity , both of which adjoins at the tip .He... was once the tutelary deity of the royal family of Mymensingh of colonial Bengal ( now in Bangladesh )