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The Bombay land purchase was still not finalized, and Prabhupāda was particularly anxious that his disciples

Seeing that Prabhupāda would not make a commitment, Tamāla Kṛṣṇa had adopted the tactic of presenting

Not only did the citizens of Jaipur honor Prabhupāda, but they honored his disciples also. Here, more than in most other Indian cities, the devotees were treated not as foreigners or outsiders

They had recruited some African devotees but had not yet developed the temple and āśrama.

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s most acute controversy in Madras was not with smārta-brāhmaṇas, Māyāvādīs, or Śaivites

Should he take or not?”

Because I’m not working now, I’m just working for you.

All day reading letters, doing business, all night signing letters – this is not right.

When Acyutānanda Swami had informed Prabhupāda of the plan, Prabhupāda had asked, “Oh, you are not going

Prabhupāda gave the example of the gopīs’ worship of the goddess Kātyāyanī; their worship had not been

Prabhupāda’s Godbrother Ānanda was eager to cook and serve not only Śrīla Prabhupāda but all his disciples

He was wealthy, owning several properties in Juhu and Bombay, and influential – not a man one would want

To envision a temple rising from what was little more than a jungle tract was not easy. buildings in the rear of the land were fully occupied, and according to Indian law, the tenants could not

The devotees were not even sure if Prabhupāda was coming.

his extensive traveling and preaching that he intended to establish the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement not

But Prabhupāda was not satisfied with this. He wanted land in Bombay, to build on and to expand.

But in India Prabhupāda could not allow his disciples to manage ISKCON.

Otherwise, I am not upset with anyone.

“I have been testing you,” he said, “to see whether or not you were determined.

Building temples and worshiping the Deity was secondary to publishing and distributing books, but it was not