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An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

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spiritual plane of supra-consciousness where these<br />

idealized love pastimes go on eternally in ever new<br />

ways. Lalita Prasad taught me this technique of selfactualization,<br />

and I applied myself to it.<br />

After a couple of weeks drinking the honeyed<br />

nectar from Lalita Prasad's lips, Bhakta Ma told me he<br />

was tiring and needed to rest. He told me to teach in<br />

the West where it was more needed. He gave me a<br />

copy of Bhaktivinode’s printed list of his disciplic<br />

succession with their spiritual identities and a place to<br />

add my name and in<strong>for</strong>mation to the succession after<br />

his.<br />

I Need a Way Out<br />

I went to the Mayapur ISKCON temple. they gave<br />

me a room in the original thatch-roofed bungalow by<br />

the road where I practiced the meditation Lalita<br />

Prasad taught me and began translating a book of poetry<br />

by Bhaktivinode Thakur. I was torn whether to<br />

continue being a disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami or<br />

go to Lalita Prasad Thakur and beg to stay with him. I<br />

decided to stay with Swamiji since he was my initiator<br />

guru and Lalita Prasad Thakur encouraged me to<br />

do so.<br />

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