An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

a kitchen with a seat that looked out a stone grille to
the tomb of Rupa Goswami. Both rooms opened on a
veranda joining the main temple courtyard. There
was also a toilet with a cold water tap. We bathed by
pouring water from a bucket over the head or crouching
under the tap.
Swamiji lived in these rooms before going to
America, and continued to pay the inexpensive rent
on them. He arranged for the Delhi temple to send us
one hundred rupees a month to live on and pay the
rent for him. This was about ten dollars American.
We became his caretakers. The rooms unused for several
years. We eagerly returned to Vrindaban.
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Gargamuni and I cleaned years of dust from
Swamiji's quarters and moved in. We found copies of
Back to Godhead published before Swamiji went to
America. They were four or eight page tabloids. Some
contained an on going debate between Swamiji and
Dr. Radha Krishna, the philosopher president of India.
We also found unpublished manuscripts of Swamiji's
that we typed for publication.
Swamiji's god-brother Ananda Prabhu joined
us. Ananda was a humble cook. He moved into the
kitchen and cooked for us. Meals were simple vegetarian
fare cooked on a charcoal burner. All food was
offered to Krishna, and we ate his remnants as tradition
prescribed.
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