Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In the morning, Srila Prabhupada spoke of how so much land was being offered to us. "Our program is to engage the villagers for cultivating the land, and they can enjoy the produce."
A newspaper clipping was received from Jayatirtha Prabhu about Maharishi. Srila Prabhupada commented, "Simply rubbish. Anyone who reads this article will understand how bogus he is. So one can fly. What does he gain? Crows are also flying. So he has become a big crow. Even a small insect can fly. At night there are many thousands of millions of such insects. Are they important? A mosquito can fly at three hundred feet high. And in the latrine, there are flying cockroaches. Is this flying very glorious?"
A report from Mahabuddhi and Dhira Krsna, who are preaching in the Communist countries of Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, told of twenty-five standing orders, plus textbook orders, book reviews and many programs. It was a total success, and Prabhupada was ecstatic. During the report Dr Kapoor came, and Prabhupada had me re-read the highlights. It was Krsna's arrangement that Dr Kapoor should hear how the world, and even the Communists, were eager to purchase Srila Prabhupada's Caitanya-caritamrta. Dr Kapoor had published a book about Lord Caitanya and wanted us to distribute it. But what demand will there be, when the scholars and masses want the BBT published Caitanya-caritamrta, which is superior in every way? Hearing of our preaching must have brought home the point to Dr Kapoor, whom Prabhupada also told about the forthcoming seminar being organized by the Bhaktivedanta Institute. Of Dr Svarupa Damodara, Srila Prabhupada said, "He was a stubborn atheist. I was walking on the seaside and chastising him like anything. Now he has organized the Bhaktivedanta Institute." Dr Kapoor made so many suggestions how scientists should preach. He also suggested that Prabhupada stop translating and rest.
The kaviraja came and found Prabhupada's pulse to have reduced from 118, three weeks ago, to sixty-two. He also found that the internal fever had gone. In the mornings now, Srila Prabhupada washes his tongue with a mixture of lemon and ground ginger. The kaviraja said that within two weeks, Srila Prabhupada should have an appetite.
In the morning Gaurasundara was giving Prabhupada oil massage on the back, but Prabhupada told him to stop because his hands were too hot. By the evening, Gaurasundara shaved his head; and Prabhupada commented that he looked very nice.
Bhakti Prabhava Swami was feeling anxious to return to Haridaspur, to make sure everything was all right. But when I asked Srila Prabhupada about this, Srila Prabhupada said that he should stay permanently, as he was very useful. "Whatever I ask him to do, he does expertly."
Biographies and Glorifications of Srila Prabhupada-TKG's Diary: Prabhupada's Final Days-July 26th-Tamala Krsna Goswami
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