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He combined the thoughtfulness of a textual scholar with the practical applications of a transcendental

And one practical application would be the Bombay paṇḍāl festival.

The kīrtana seemed sweeter and more mellow, and Michael and Nancy chanted and danced along with the devotees They stayed for breakfast and became friends with Mukunda and Jānakī, Sam and Marjorie (now Śyāmasundara and Mālatī), Yamunā and Gurudāsa, and Govinda dāsī and Gaurasundara. They liked the devotees and promised to come again that evening. Soon they were regularly attending the morning and evening programs, and Nancy, along with the other

This year you have been traveling to India personally speaking and managing ISKCON and showing us the And now you are traveling and inspiring the devotees and centers in the U.S. and Europe.

The program was kīrtana, prasādam, a lecture, and slides, more kīrtana, and more prasādam. And the Bombayites – devotees at heart, despite their sophistication and Westernization – loved these very things: Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, kīrtana, and prasādam. And that all this was being presented by Westerners made the paṇḍāl especially attractive.

Then Śrīla Prabhupāda stood up, lifted his arms, and began to dance. He gestured for everyone to join him, and those who were still seated stood up and began dancing and chanting and swaying back and forth, following Prabhupāda’s gentle dance.

The Citroen and the Volkswagen were totaled, and the man and woman in the Volkswagen were both injured Motorists soon stopped, and when the injured persons had received help, Prabhupāda and the devotees got into a car and rode back to the temple.

And then the group dwindled down to about half a dozen, and the few remaining were just looking at him , and some were too timid to approach him. He walked over to them and spoke to them, putting them at ease. Later he came over, and we counted the collection, and I helped him pack up his box and carry downstairs As we parted he thanked me very much, and I gave him my name and address and phone number and purchased

Just like if a man drinks, and if he drinks and drinks, then he becomes a drunkard.” The example amused the audience, and they broke into laughter. “Drink more and more and you become a drunkard,” Prabhupāda continued. “Similarly, chant more and more and you become – perfect chanter.”

Some of them stayed and became devotees, and some just took prasādam and left. Daily we had unusual incidents, and Swamiji witnessed it and took part in it.

Mukunda: We just had a look at Swamiji, and then we bowed down – myself, my wife, and the friends I had brought, Sam and Marjorie. And then all of the young men and women there followed suit and all bowed down to Swamiji, just feeling very confident that it was the right and proper thing to do.

And over here was my cooker and my typewriter. I would sleep and type and cook and type and sleep and type.”

And every morning after that, Prabhupāda sang, and Puruṣottama and Yamunā would come to his room and

Prabhupāda: “Feasting means purī and halavā and a vegetable and chutney. That’s all – four things.