Chapter 8
Prabhupäda
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B h u b a n e s wa r - P a rt 1
Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: Tejas däsa was here with me; he was a good devotee, a good collector; he collected much money and helped me a lot in building this temple. I told him that Prabhupäda had said that the deities should be made of brass, and what kind of deities there should be, but he was not prepared to accept it. But I was firm, “No! Prabhupäda told me to do so. If you will not do, I will do. If you will not allow those deities to be established in this temple, I will build a separate temple and establish them there. I must fulfill the words of my Guru Mahäräja.” Anyhow, by disobeying Prabhupäda, he committed offence, so subsequently the circumstances were such that he could not stay here. He left.18
Tṛṇād Api Sunīcena “...In this way you can do hari-kértana, otherwise you cannot do it. Think yourself more humble than a blade of grass lying in the street and be as tolerant as a tree. It is a question of tolerance, sahiñëunä. Those sädhu Vaiñëavas tolerate it. My Guru Mahäräja’s instruction and all other äcäryas’ instruction is to cooperate and tolerate, tolerate and cooperate. Çréla Prabhupäda has said that. Especially he has told me many times in Bhubaneswar, “Gour Govind cooperate and tolerate, cooperate and tolerate, cooperate and tolerate.” Yes, it is a question of tolerance. This is Vaiñëava. This is sädhu...” 19
when thou art living still in sound! The Vaiñëavas die to live, and living, try to spread the holy name around.” Thomas Alva Edison did not develop the first piece of equipment to record sound until 1876, so what is that sound that the great Çréla Haridäsa Öhäkura is still living in?... The hari-kathä of pure Vaiñëavas is recorded in their hearts.
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