The Photograph and the Scorpion

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of Krsna consciousness and to help complete and maintain the temple in Bhubaneswar. Prior to leaving the Bhubaneswar project Çréla Prabhupäda dug his cane into the ground and said, “I leave all my mercy here. I leave all my mercy here. I leave all my mercy here.”*

“In the late afternoon, we got everything packed ready to leave, and the sannyäsés and some other leading men all crowded into Prabhupäda’s room. He talked with them for an hour or so, covering many different topics, until it was time to catch the train back to Calcutta, which left at 10.55 p.m. We arrived in Calcutta at 8.30 a.m. on 4 February.” (Hari-çauri däsa notes) 8

Tolerate and Co-operate!

Çréla Gour Govinda Swami explains the last thing Çréla Prabhupäda said to him:

“…My Guru Mahäräja gave the same instruction. The last thing he told was to tolerate and co-operate. You have to tolerate. Many obstructions and impediments will come, suffering and pain will come, unexpected things will come, and insults will come. Praise will not come; rather blame will come to you. Tolerate! Tolerate! Tolerate and co-operate! Then you will be able to pass any test put before you. Thereby you will get Mahäprabhu’s mercy, Nityänanda Prabhu’s mercy, and Kåñëa’s mercy, and then all glory will come to you. It may not come during this lifetime, but it must come afterwards. Do not expect that it will come. Do not have such expectation. ‘Whatever difficulties may come; I will not give up my attachment to the lotus feet of Kåñëa. I will not give up my service, I will never leave’.

* Author’s note: Çréla Gour Govinda Swami said many times that anyone who assists in this Bhubaneswar project will definitely get the mercy of Çréla Prabhupäda, since he left all his mercy here!