Srila Prabhupada decided to relax on the lawn. Someone brought a chair, and Prabhupada sat in the dark, beneath the stars, enjoying the roaring kirtana. He looked up reflectively, head held slightly back and said, "Madhudvisa has so much energy".
After a few minute's silence a devotee suddenly exclaimed, "Look, Srila Prabhupada, a shooting star." Prabhupada quickly scanned the dark clear sky, and in an almost child-like way asked "Where? Where?" More silence. A few minutes later a light appeared in the sky directly above the roof of the temple, and rose, flashing, until it was directly overhead.
"What's that?" asked Prabhupada. A devotee volunteered an answer, "It's a plane, Srila Prabhupada."
Prabhupada's innocent reply endeared him to the handful of devotees clustered around him. "Of course it is!" he rejoined. "707 or 727?"
- From "The Great Transcendental Adventure" by HG Kurma Prabhu
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