Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Today, I read a newspaper clipping from Mauritius. Apparently the writer had travelled in the same train as Srila Prabhupada to Rishikesh. His report was based on Srila Prabhupada's lectures delivered in Rishikesh and was very accurate and favourable. Later in the day, Srila Prabhupada had me read it once again to him.
Abhirama's wife purchased new sunglasses for Prabhupada. Immediately Prabhupada recognized the brand name, Zeiss. "I used to sell Zeiss opticals in my 'Prayag Pharmacy' in Allahabad. Your wife is very good. I like her. If she has given, I must wear." So Prabhupada wears them now; and they were much nicer than the former pair, which was returned to Guru-krpa Maharaja as prasadam.
Today, Guru-krpa Maharaja and Bhagavan Prabhu both left to return to their preaching fields.
After receiving a call from Ramesvara this afternoon, I gave a preliminary report to Srila Prabhupada on the Fiji temple opening. The temple was accepted by the nation as the official temple of the Hindu religion there. People queued for days to see Krsna-Kaliya, and women threw their jewellery at the Deity's feet. Yasodanandana Maharaja performed the ceremony with great expertise. Ramesvara described the opening as the single most successful event in ISKCON's history.
I repeated to Srila Prabhupada Ramesvara Maharaja's statement that when the mass of people came to understand the proper conception of the universe and realize that they were duped by the governments, it would mark the downfall of Western civilization. There would be mass rioting all over the world. Srila Prabhupada seemed to accept this and Srila Prabhupada said, "But we are not going to deprive them. We are giving them a positive alternative. We won't make them zero."
Biographies and Glorifications of Srila Prabhupada-TKG's Diary: Prabhupada's Final Days- September 1st-September 2nd-Tamala Krsna Goswami
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