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Jayapataka Swami had a final darsana of His Divine Grace this evening before departing back to Calcutta. Along with Gargamuni Maharaja, he heard from Srila Prabhupada of the pro-active stance he is taking against all the false propaganda. Prabhupada informed them of a letter he is writing to Mr. Channa Reddy, one of the state Governors. "I'm writing one letter to the governor that I work hard, I print my books and they are selling. And if I bring the money to construct temple, why people are envious? What is the wrong there? Rather, I should be encouraged that I am bringing so much money in India, foreign exchange, by my very, very hard labor. So why they are envious?"

Gargamuni Maharaja said he felt it was difficult for them to believe that a sadhu could possess so much money from selling books.

"That may be beyond their dream," Prabhupada said, "but I am not so-called sadhu. I am trying to execute the orders of my Guru Maharaja, predecessor. I am not a so-called sadhu, taking a saffron robe, begging for fulfilling the belly."

"They have to accept you as an international leader," Gargamuni said.

"I must be international leader," Prabhupada agreed as a matter of fact, adding that such huge sales of a single person's books, especially philosophical and religious works, was unique in history. He laughed and said that the public generally considered such literature untouchable. Thus, his feat is even more remarkable.

- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu

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