Member Since: 8/8/2006
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About my association with prabupad....
My mom joined the movement when i was about two.so my experience with prabupad started from the age 3-9,most of my incounters with him,was giving him flowers or getting cookies or sweetballs from him.I was also one of the many present when he left his body when i was 9 years old.But my one story that is very preciouse to me was when i was about 4 years old in LA.He was translating the teaching of Queen Kunti and giving lectures on it.I used to sit through every lecture,and the refuse to answer to any name but kunti.When he was leaving,i ran up to him and gave him a doll.which he accepted.And then he proceded to get in the car to go to the airport,i dont remember how i got the flower garland he had been wearing.i think i was in kind of a daze,i used to run up to him and give him flowers and run away.and i did the same thing with the doll i gave him.so anyways i had this flower garland was completly made out of gardinias.it was so long that if i didnt hold it up,it drug on the ground.i remember thinking it was the most preciouse thing in the world,it was like a dream.it might have been 10 min.it might have been hours i hung out outside the temple with this flower garland.i dont remember it was like a dream.anyways after sometime of marvling over this wonderfull gift,i decided the best way to keep it,was to eat it.which i did.over a course of time ofcourse.maybe two days,with some help of some friends.Even as a child i always noticed how he looked at u,in a way that no one else did.like he can actually see u.and i dont mean my physical self.he was absolutly mezmorizing even to children who dont normally sit and listen to lectures.my mother still talks about how mezmorized i was by him.When he lft his body,i remember feeling very lost.he was the center of our world.He was like the nucleus surrounded by colorfull sories,orange ropes,pounding drums and symblos and the rore of the holy name.i remember how we would completly take over the airport when he came.i was small so it seemed so big to me.but i think it would still seem big even now.anyways i could keep going on and on but im glad u have this page.and i hope i didnt afend u.all glories lord chaitanya's Sankirtana movement.please forgive any mis spelling,they didnt teach me how to read or write in gurugul.lol
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Sounds Like: Srila Prabhupada COMES TO AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 13 1965
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New York
27th October, 1965Madam Sumati Moraji Baisaheba,Please accept my greetings. I am very glad to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 9th instant and have noted the contents. Since I have landed in U.S.A. I have improved my health and I am very glad to see that in America practically everything is available for our Indian vegetarian dishes. By the grace of Lord Krishna the Americans are prosperous in every respect and they are not poverty stricken like the Indians. The people in general are satisfied so far their material needs are concerned and they are spiritually inclined. When I was in Butler, Pennsylvania about 500 miles from the New York city, I saw there many churches and they were attended regularly. This shows that they are spiritually inclined. I was also invited by some churches, church-governed schools and colleges and I spoke there and they appreciated and presented me some token rewards. When I was speaking to the students they were very much eagerly hearing me about the principles of Srimad Bhagwatam, rather the clergymen were cautious to allow the students to hear me so patiently. They thought that the students may not be converted into Hindu ideas as it is quite natural for any religious sect. But they do not know that the devotional service of the Lord (Shri Krishna) is the common religion for every one including the aborigens and the cannibals in the jungles.Any way so far I have studied the American people they are very much eager to learn about the Indian way of spiritual realisation and there are many so called Yoga ashramas in America. Unfortunately they are not very much adored by the Government and it is heard that such yoga ashramas have exploited the innocent people as it has been the case in India also. The only hope is that they are spiritually inclined and immense benefit can be done to them if the Cult of Srimad Bhagwatam is preached here.The American public also gives reception to the Indian art and music. So many of them come and every one of them is given good reception. Recently one dancer from Madras came here (Bala-saraswati) and just to see the mode of reception, I went to see the dance with a friend although for the last forty years I have never attended such dance ceremony. The dancer was successful in her demonstration. The music was in Indian classical tune mostly in sanskrit language and the American public appreciated them. So I was encouraged to see the favourable circumstances about my future preaching work.The Bhagwat cult is preached also through the art of music and dance as it was done by Lord Chaitanya. I am just thinking of introducing the very same system for my Bhagwatam preaching but I have no means. The Christian missionary people are backed by huge resources and they preach the Christian cult all over the world. Similarly the devotees of Lord Krishna may also combine together to start the mission of preaching Bhagwatam cult all over the world. It is not for serving any political purpose but it is necessary to preach cult for
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