An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

seed and tulsi-wood bead necklace his father, Bhaktivinode
Thakur, wore. Guru Kripa broke off a small
section and gave it to me. It remains one of my most
cherished possessions.
I stayed in Mayapur until Gaur Purnim, the
full moon day celebrating Chaitanya’s birth. I cared
for Swamiji’s brass Radha-Krishna deities in the cottage
temple at the front of the land where he had
stayed. I especially liked bathing and dressing Radha.
A devotee advised me to return to the West
and preach to a receptive audience rather than fundraise
and build temples, which was all that was going
on in ISKCON India. After all, how long could I stay
in Mayapur doing devotional practices before being
ordered to go on another mission? He advised me to
contact Jagadish, the ISKCON Governing Body
Commissioner for Canada.
The Canadian Tour
Jagadish arranged my airfare to Toronto. I flew out
of Calcutta, March 27, 1973. I changed planes in New
York and was shocked to see how businessmen
looked. Most of them had long hair and wore bellbottoms.
Did the hippie revolution succeed while I
was away for three years?
Jagadish bought a new blue school bus the
devotees setup as a traveling temple complete with
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