An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

yard. However, the whole thing was marred by a
couple of unfortunate incidents.
The Maharaj of Bharatpur was offended when
a silver deity throne he sent and wanted to be paid for
was returned. He sent thugs from Delhi. They harassed
and beat some devotees in town then went to
the palace.
I was at the construction site in Raman Reti,
when a devotee, who slipped out the back of the palace,
came and informed me of the situation. He said
Biharilal suggested pouring burning kerosene off the
ramparts onto the attackers. Things did not look
good.
I took a rickshaw out of town the back way to
the Mathura highway. Reaching the highway, I hitchhiked
to Mathura with some Westerners in their Land
Rover. I went to the District Magistrate’s office and
requested police protection, which he provided.
Things quieted down, and the lectures continued with
police guards on duty.
A young Bengali caste priest came and wanted
to join us. Swamiji put him in my care. He lived in the
room next to mine with three western devotees who
helped me. They complained that he wouldn’t work,
slept late, and didn’t follow devotional practices.
I chanted my rounds early one morning when
a devotee came to tell me this priest was still sleeping,
and they couldn’t get him up. I took my water pot
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