Re: Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Krishna saved you from all nonsens

12-06-2004, 01:50 AM

Srila Prabhupada NectarKrishna saved you from all
nonsense

Some of Prabhupada's disciples were in the midst of
famous or infamous careers just before they joined him
to take up full time spiritual life. Jagattarini-devi
dasi had been a leading movie actress in Australia and
had just made a film with Mick Jagger before deciding
to surrender to Srila Prabhupada. One time while
Prabhupada was visiting in Australia, a reporter
picked up on the story that the former actress had now
become a renounced devotee. They ran two pictures in
the newspaper showing Jagattarini first as a movie
actress, with make-up and fashionable attire, and
another photo of her wearing a sari and washing a pot.
When the newspaper came out, the devotees were amused
and wanted to bring it to Prabhupada, although
Jagattarini was frightened that he would be
displeased. When Prabhupada saw the photos, he
laughed.
"In this picture as a movie actress, she looks morose
and she is not very beautiful," said Prabhupada. Then
he pointed to the picture of his disciple in a sari.
"But in this picture she looks very lively and
beautiful. But to the materialist, he will see it the
other way.
That evening in the temple, when Jagattarini
approached Prabhupada's vyasasana to receive a piece
of prasadam, he said to her, "You are very fortunate,
because Krsna saved you from all that nonsense."
A newly-wed husband disciple, once approached Srila
Prabhupada for advice about marriage and got a
puzzling reply.
Srila Prabhupada had himself performed a fire yajna
ceremony for the young man and woman in his London
temple, and the next morning the newlyweds managed to
accompany Srila Prabhupada alone of his morning walk.
The husband walked next to Prabhupada and the wife
walked three paces behind.
"Prabhupada, what does it mean to be married in Krsna
consciousness?"
Prabhupada was silent for a moment and then said, "To
be married in Krsna consciousness means that before
you eat your prasadam, you go out in the street and
you call three times loudly. 'Does anyone want to
take prasadam? Does anyone want to take prasadam?
Does anyone want to take prasadam? And if no one
comes, then you take your prasadam."
The husband felt somewhat bewildered, because he was
hoping to hear directions about the position of a
married couple and how they should deal intimately in
relating to each other. The young man thought that
perhaps Prabhupada had not understood him, and so near
the end of the walk he again asked the same question.
"Prabhupada, what does it mean to be married in Krsna
Consciousness?"
Prabhupada steadily repeated his answer, "To be
married in Krsna consciousness means that before you
take prasadam, you go out into the street and you
loudly call three times, 'Does anyone want to take
prasadam?' and if no one comes, then you take
prasadam."
- From the Nectar by HH Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

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