An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

chastised Yadav-acharya and I in front of our godbrothers.
He called us ruffians. It was humiliating.
However, after he calmed down, when we
were alone, Swamiji realized I was burned out. He
said he could understand that being a construction
manager wasn’t my line of work, and I was a
preacher at heart. He suggested I go to Hyderabad
with him when he left Vrindaban. This was a welcome
invitation.
Work on the temple foundation progressed satisfactorily.
Swamiji poured the first cement into the
forms before leaving.
Tamal Krishna, I, and others accompanied
Swamiji to Hyderabad. We stayed on the estate of a
prominent ISKCON life-member. We held a public
festival that attracted much attention. Along with a
large amount of cash donations, we were given a plot
of land in downtown Hyderabad to build a temple
on.
Swamiji asked another American renunciant to
manage the project, but he refused. Swamiji then
asked me.
"I thought you agreed that construction management
wasn't my line of work," I objected.
"We must be prepared to do anything in
Krishna's service," he argued and again pressured me
to take the position.
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