I remember in New York - in the Brooklynn temple (the one that was bought after the Manhattan building was sold). Aindra prabhu was so into kirtan. I remember that many of the ladies would make fun of him because they didn't appreciate his singing. He put together a beautiful altar which he attached to the back of a flatbed truck. It became known as the Harinama truck. He used to work on that project a lot, sometimes very late into the evening.
Once he said to me "Do you know what Romapada Maharaja told me? He told me that instead of complaining that there is so little enthusiasm for Harinama, I should develop the charisma to attract devotes to Harinama!" His tone was rather exasperated and very doubtful - it seemed he doubted his capacity to follow Maharaja's advice. But it also seems that Aindra nevertheless took Maharaja's advice to heart. The rest is sacred history.
I remember one time he say me trying to play the harmonium 'Western style', with chords etc. He emphatically told me that this is not the way to play harmonium. He told me to that there is a method to play it and that anyone who wants to play harmonium should learn to do it according to the standard ways. He was so intense, yet it was clear that he was anxious for those playing sacred instruments to do it in such a manner as to support the chanting of the Holy Names.
These are some memories that pop into the mind of this tiny godsister
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