A lway s E m b r a c e d
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Kåñëa
Completed in Bhubaneswar In discussion with his disciples many years later, Çréla Gour Govinda Swami said this about Çréla Prabhupäda in Bhubaneswar: Devotee: When Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura Prabhupäda was talking with [Çréla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami] Prabhupäda, just some time before he left, he said there would be fire in the maöha, meaning some trouble would come. Before [Çréla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami] Prabhupäda left, did he tell you that ISKCON would go through any disturbance like that? Did [Çréla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami] Prabhupäda tell you anything before he left? How ISKCON would progress? Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: No, he did not say anything about that. He said other things that I cannot tell you, as they are very, very confidential. I expressed what could be expressed of what he told me. He said many things pointing out the Western devotees. He also told me not to tell them. Devotee: To be tolerant. How can we be tolerant? Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: Mahäprabhu said, “tåëäd api sunécena”, “Be as tolerant as a tree.” Mahäprabhu set an example. Äcäryas have set an example and so they are teaching. How tolerant they are, and how humble they are! They are setting an example and teaching and then you pick up how they are doing it. It should be done like that, otherwise you cannot do hari-bhajana. Devotee: [Çréla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami] Prabhupäda started translating the Tenth Canto… Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: He completed the Ninth Canto. At the end of the Ninth Canto he noted; “Completed in Bhubaneswar,” and started the Tenth Canto.
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