Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
This morning, Srila Prabhupada arose; and looking at his hands and legs one by one while still lying down, Srila Prabhupada said, "It is reducing so much; soon I will be only bones."
Today, Srila Prabhupada received a copy of the first published German translation of The Nectar of Devotion from Harikesa Swami. The accompanying report from the German BBT showed publishing work proceeding in thirteen languages, with huge quantities of books to be printed over the next few months. The Nectar of Devotion was outstanding, better than the English version. Srila Prabhupada was very pleased. Srila Prabhupada said, "You are the most important grandson of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati."
Another letter came from a leading industrialist, Sri Ramkrishna Bajaj, on behalf of the Gita Pratisthana, inviting Srila Prabhupada to be present at the all-India Gita conference proposed to be held at our Vrndavana temple. Srila Prabhupada had to say frankly, "What is the use of my attending, if all the assembled persons don't take my advice?" The fact is that, if they all follow Srila Prabhupada, then the so-called "great followers" of Gita, such as Gandhi, will be minimized.
In the evening, Prabhupada initiated a very lively discussion about prasadam, sparked by a letter received earlier in the day from Berkeley about their successful prasadam cart. "For the prasadam carts, a nice preparation: powdered dry coconut, molasses, and powdered rice. Soak the rice in water, and then smash it in mortar with pestle. Then make it into dough and fry it in balls. Also malpura.
"In Ahmadabad, Jagannatha Swami is offered puri, pakoras, and malpura. In Gujarat, these preparations are very popular. Every province has its special preparations. Jura is for Baroda. In Rajasthan, kachori, samosa, jalebi, seo and mucharie (flour and ghee mixed with salt and masala). South India: iddli, wada, dosa. Jagannatha prasadam: rice, urad dal and curry. You cannot have such taste anywhere in the world. The real point is, every living entity is food for another. How many species we have passed through-8,400,000. In Africa, there is a man-eater tree. You go and touch it and you cannot get out and you die. The mango is such a fruit that, from unripe to fully ripened, it is useful."
"The Barendra brahmanas are a very cunning community. It is said that if one Barendra brahmana is going on the way and there are many thorns, he won't say to the fellow behind him about the thorns. Lahoris, Sanyalis, etc. They are of that community." We had been talking about an overseer named Lahori, who cheated us in the Vrndavana construction.
Biographies and Glorifications of Srila Prabhupada-TKG's Diary: Prabhupada's Final Days-July 20th-Tamala Krsna Goswami
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