An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

ness people became life members. In India, Krishna
consciousness is part of a mainline religion known as
Vaishnavism.
Gurudas, his wife Jamuna, and I sat at a white
wrought iron table in the garden with Mr. Gupta. Uniformed
servants brought tea and crumpets in British
style while we engaged in polite conversation.
Gurudas, Jamuna, and I went to the high-rise
apartment building where Prabhupad and his disciples
rented an apartment. It was in the same building
as the Pakistani consulate.
I hoped to celebrate Chaitanya's appearance
day with Prabhupad, but he was out of town at the
time. Devotees went into the streets and chanted in
celebration.
They planed a week long festival in a large tent
at Cross Maidan, a grassy park in downtown Bombay.
Prabhupad said, "If you're going to go hunting, hunt
rhinoceros. That way if you don't get one no one will
think the worse of you because who can get a rhinoceros
anyway. If you do get one then you are the greatest
hunter." This festival was his successful attempt to
bag a rhino.
Prabhupad wanted to be the biggest guru in
India and then the world. He used his western disciples
to establish himself. He planned for many years
to go to America and bring disciples back to India. He
thought Indians want to follow American ways, so let
them see how Americans take to Krishna consciousness.
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