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Another reason Prabhupāda refused to give up this particular plot of land was that he had promised the Deities, Rādhā-Rāsavihārī. …

So if using the land for missionary work was the obvious or external reason for Prabhupāda’s determination to keep his …

Five hundred years ago each of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana had had his own Deity, for whom he had …

To establish many Deities was one of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s prime contributions as a world preacher. And when he would visit …

Prabhupāda’s fighting spirit to keep the land was so keen that he sometimes appeared to be fighting for fighting’s sake. …

Never before had Prabhupāda been so threatened or met such active enemies. In New Delhi, when he had been selling …

Prabhupāda was acting as the protector and the parent of the Deities and of ISKCON Bombay. As he had described …

Prabhupāda’s feelings of anxiety and protectiveness extended to his disciples also. Although out of duty he often criticized and corrected …

Prabhupāda saw his disciples as children, with little worldly experience; they did not know how to deal with rogues and …

Mr. N. could not know what motives were driving Śrīla Prabhupāda. Nor could he imagine the full ramifications of opposing …

By Prabhupāda’s disciples’ cancellation of the agreement, ISKCON’s legal position had been weakened. But Prabhupāda had faith that if the …

Important guests like Mr. R.K. Ganatra, the mayor of Bombay, made introductory speeches, and the devotees also took an active …

During the last week of January 1973, Prabhupāda met with Mr. N. at the residence of Mr. Mahadevia. Although Prabhupāda’s …

Speaking in Hindi, Mr. N. began accusing Prabhupāda and the devotees of being connected with the CIA. “I will come …

“All right,” Prabhupāda replied. “If you don’t want to part with your land, then we will leave. But think before …

Mr. N. continued his accusations. “You people are calling yourselves the owners of the land, but you are just a …

“We do not claim to be the owner,” Prabhupāda replied. “Kṛṣṇa is the real owner. I am not the real …

Mr. N. shouted, “I will remove the Deities myself! I will break the temple and remove the Deities!” Mr. N. …

That week Mr. N. was hospitalized after a severe heart attack. Two weeks later he died. When Prabhupāda heard of …

Mrs. N., although not as legally astute as her late husband, carried on the fight, and her lawyers, eager to …