An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

When Brahmananda, Gargamuni, Vishnujana,
and I reunited in Philadelphia, I confronted them with
what I heard from Rupanuga. Brahmananda explained
that he just tried to take some of the responsibility
from Prabhupad as Prabhupad encouraged him
to, so he would be free to do his translating and
preaching without so much anxiety over management.
Gargamuni's position was the same. Maybe
they did get carried away, but they thought they were
doing what Prabhupad wanted. Sure Vishnujana was
a bit envious, but he was now remorseful and didn't
feel he challenged Prabhupad's position.
The four of us decided to stick together and do
our best to serve Prabhupad. We went to New Vrindaban
in the van with the Philadelphia devotees. We
played tapes of Prabhupad chanting Bengali devotional
songs as we drove across Pennsylvania. Gargamuni
was afraid the GBC would lynch him.
We trudged up a hill carrying our luggage on a
dirt road in ankle deep mud. Gargamuni walked into
a mud pit that sucked him down to his waist like
quicksand. We managed to pull him out.
When we reached the farm at the top of the
hill, Hayagriva, GBC for South America, greeted us, "I
see you brought your sticks. Have you come to joust?"
He insisted on taking a walk with Brahmananda
and Gargamuni to talk privately. He was in Los
Angeles with Rupanuga and others where he heard
allegations against them. We were given a ten foot diameter
aluminum tube dome covered with sheet plastic
to stay in. Devotees gathered from all over the
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