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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

Beginning the Temple of Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma April 1972 ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA WAS meditating on constructing his Krishna-Balaram Mandir. In April of 1972 …

Noticing that not many devotees attended his first evening meeting in his room, Prabhupāda inquired and learned that many of …

Prabhupāda began talking about tapasya, austerity. “The tapasvīs in Vṛndāvana go naked,” he said, “even in the cold. They are …

“So this life is for tapasya,” Prabhupāda said. “But we cannot execute severe penances in this age. So our penance …

Prabhupāda’s preaching uplifted his disciples, whose duty was to preach to the citizens of many lands. They had come, at …

Later, one of the devotees told Prabhupāda that dealing with the devotees was sometimes more difficult than dealing with the …

Although the devotees had been visiting the various temples of Vṛndāvana, eager to imbibe the Vṛndāvana spirit, the real nectar …

“People come to Vṛndāvana to give up all material anxieties and family life. So one should not be afraid. He …

Prabhupāda said that Vṛndāvana’s spiritual quality was such that devotional service performed here had one hundred times the effect of …

After his evening lecture, Prabhupāda mentioned how some of the sahajiyās had walked out during his lecture. “They are so …

Prabhupāda learned one day that one of his disciples had left the company of the ISKCON devotees to live among …

The boy replied, “The bābājīs have given me some facility to chant.”