Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Overall, Prabhupada was very pleased with this new facility. He was eager to establish Srila Prabhupada said a regular temple program as quickly as possible. It had not been easy for his disciples. Spread out in different locations, it had been difficult to keep everyone enthused. He had done as best as he could by holding regular evening classes, but without a proper temple, the preaching could not be developed properly. The sankirtana party reported meeting many sincere persons, but without a fixed address it was difficult to invite them.
As soon as the building was rented, Prabhupada directed Dayananda to move to the new location. In addition to his wife and small daughter, Dayananda had allowed a few other women, one of whom also had a small child, to share his apartment. Now they all moved into the large temple facility, pleased with their new accommodations. The women occupied the alcove rooms, and by hanging curtains over the exposed side created small, private apartments for themselves; and there was ample space for the small children to freely run about. Meanwhile, Prabhupada continued to reside at his Hayworth Avenue apartment. But when he came to visit the temple to see what progress had been made, he was not very satisfied. Rather than increasing the preaching, the devotees had simply expanded their household arrangements, and nothing had been done toward preparing the temple room for opening it to the public. Between two rooms. Prabhupada saw a large rubber mould hanging from a doorway. The devotees explained that Nara-Narayana and Govinda dasi were making replicas of the Kartami-sayi Deity. But all Prabhupada could see was plaster of Paris hardened onto the floor and surrounding walls. Everywhere there was a feeling of general disorder and lack of cleanliness, and it was clear that the new property was not being used as Prabhupada had intended.
Dayananda could not be blamed. After all, he had to attend to his job during the day. With only a few women left to manage on their own, they were finding difficulty even to keep such a large place clean. In Prabhupada's other temples, the administration was all done by the brahmacaris. Free from family entanglements, they could give full attention to looking after his preaching mission. But in Los Angeles there was only Dayananda and a few women and children. Prabhupada decided to call for me.
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