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When she ate, there were no more masala. So they knew that. Well, they eat at whatever time that if the Durvasa comes at four in the afternoon, she'd already eaten. And there's no way that she's going to be able to cook without that super pot for 10,000 disciples of Darvasa. She's going to get angry that you didn't treat me nicely and he'll curse the Pandavas. So this was Duryodhana's trick how to get the Pandavas cursed. So when they came, they said, oh, welcome, we're so happy to see you. And so they have to feed their guests. This is a part of the Vedic culture. So why don't we go first take your bath in the holy river and then we'll just arrange your Prashant. Then she went running to Ka. What to do? Anytime there's any difficulty, the devotees think of Ka. Every time there's any success, they think of Ka. When Judas Dheer was crowned the emperor after all the Kurukshetra, everything is over. Then he's thinking of Ka and he invites Krishna to be there for the coronation. Invites Krishna for the Rajasuya sacrifice. Krishna and Deepud are some path in danger or in success. He was always the one. So now Draupadi was in really big danger. So went to Krishna. What to do? You all know the story. And then Krishna said, give me one.

Little drink, some esoteric. He has no reality, nothing practical. Otherwise you don't need a child, you don't need a spieletto. Master, if it's not practical, he only gives you a theory or some things that you cannot understand. He's a teacher like Lorchetania. You know, Everyone of you know who's coach, Universal teacher. He's called himself rather than Krishna himself. What? He came down to us to teach us abc. It's in the introduction of a teaching of Lord Chaitanya. Srila Prabhupada writes Lord Jaganya is a universal teacher. But he knows he cannot give us the highest thing. Now just by speaking about it, we will anyway not understand. So he comes down to our platform and he teaches us A, B, C, D Alphabet. What does this mean? That he has to learn it? That Lord Chaidanya has to learn it? No, he already knew. But out of compassion he comes to teach us how to love Ka, how to serve Krishna Lodacharya's eternal associate Srila Prabhupada of eternal associate Nikta Sita. He came to this world to teach us by his practical example how to love Krishna, how to serve Ka because we have an ideal example of Sila Prabhupada as our founder Acharya, everyone is inspired to follow him. Therefore we are Prabhupada and gurus. And still Prabhupada attracts so many daughters, so many people by his example and by his wonderful Ka consciousness therefore all glories to our founder Acharya. Divine Praise Prabhupada.

Happy 37th anniversary of the founding of ISKCON this is my 35th anniversary of being in ISKCON. I missed the first two years.

I'm 29.

So next year you can celebrate the 30th anniversary.

I joined 14th July 1972.

So next year the 30th 14th of July. Note that down, Balakrishna has got his pillows. Why don't you bring out the prasadam and then we can. In the meantime, if there's any questions, someone can go get the prasadam.

This was the first time that I came to a temple that came in contact with Krishna. Only heard one LP from, you know, this Goddess of Fortune. There I found address from the temple. I never read anything until I came to the temple and only knew. George Harrison writes there in our introduction that there are different stages of yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Astranga Yoga. There are different steps, stair steps but in the top there's Bhakti Yoga. I still have this in mind.

So George Harrison, your Vatma Pradasha guru.

And there was address of the temple of the different temples in Europe. And then I. Then I came to the. Then I came to the temple and there I met Ritu Prabhu and he introduced me. Because George Harrison also is pointing out on this ld is a double cover like a book he writes about Bhagavad Gita. I heard so much about Bhagavad Gita but never had opportunity to read. So I thought I have to go to the temple because if I'm here at home or in my surroundings I will never understand. So I thought I go to the temple. So I went to the temple. There I met Prithu and here in his job he showed me so many things because he knows Bhagavad Gita very well, as you know. So he tells me so many things about Bhagavad Gita. And the second day in the night I had this dream. It was on the 16th of July 74 in the night I had the dream, you know, that something attacks me, you know, and it was Like a nightmare. And I was calling out Krishna, Krishna. Actually I always was chanting. It was very amazing. I chanted always, even in the sleep. I really could remember Krishna. When this thing happening, whenever, as soon as I chant the Krishna, Krishna, you know, all these nightmares went away. Then next morning Pritu came. I don't remember, maybe he came or I went to him and he also asked me, so what do you think? Do you want to join? And he said, yes. And they told me, okay, come, we shave you up. So on 17-7-74, I was already shaved.

You know.

After three days at temple.

Took me a week.

I didn't know anything. I really didn't know anything. I also didn't know English. So one of the devotees told me, you have to chant 16 rounds every day. No problem, no problem. So I started to chant 16 rounds and then in a few minutes I stopped. So he came to me and said, hey, you're already fit. Why you don't chant? So I told him, I'm finished already with 16 rounds. So then I understood, you know, it's 16 pearls, you know, 16 round things. And he told me, no, no, it's not that. You have to change 16 rounds 108 times. 16 rounds. They told me this already the first day when I came to the temple. Okay, Then I said, angel. So I started changing. I had one book, I took one book with me from. Because I was some kind of yogi. I practice yoga especially I like Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Mahavat is number one. But anyway, they had also good text because they also quoted from Scottish scriptures. And they had also some kind of a Bhakti philosophy in it from Bhakavatam, you know, because Krishna also says, you know, oh, we have to. The ultimate BTI is to see Krishna and to love even the dog. But Ramakrishna say we should even see God. God is everywhere, even in the Dharf. So because from the beginning I had to do service in the temple, cleaning and doing things, helping in the kitchen. And you're always under the temple commander. The temple commander is not always the best friend of the devotee in the temple. As you know, it's always no frictions sometimes. So the temple comment there was always quite strict and it became sometimes chastising devotees or also chastise me and say, you know, don't know what Ramakrishna says? Vivekananda? No, here on Yogananda they say we should laugh. Everyone should not become angry and chastise. People should love. What are you reading here? This is Maywat. This is not Srila Prabhupada's books. This is nonsense, you know. And somehow we get more and more. But then after, after, till to the. After one week in the temple, I realized, you know something? I have to clean up there. Had to decide now to read Prabhupada's books and surrender to his philosophy and teachings or read Yogananda and Ramakrishna. So then I took the three books that I had with me, you know, and went to the next park and burned them there. Actually from that time and actually from that day on, you know, my devotional service became very much improving as in surrender became better and better.

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