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He took <i>sannyasa</i>; I was witness there.

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I sent him to take cloth, <i>danda</i>, and everything.

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Then he began to preach everywhere in India.

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After some time, even he was a street-beggar,

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anyhow he arranged to come to America

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because Prabhupada, his <i>gurudeva</i>, had ordered him

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to preach in Western countries.

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First of all he came to [New York].

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And in Tompkins Park

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he began singing,

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<i>sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda</i>

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<i>sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-</i>

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<i>gaura-bhakta-vrinda</i>

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<i>Hare Krsna Hare Krsna</i>

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<i>Krsna Krsna Hare Hare</i>

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<i>Hare Rama Hare Rama</i>

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<i>Rama Rama Hare Hare</i>

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Hearing his <i>kirtana</i>,

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on <i>karatalas</i> only – no other instruments.

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Let me tell one sentence.

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Then so many hippies,

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hearing his <i>kirtana</i>, began to dance.

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They used to give him wine,

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out of happiness.

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Sometimes, they used to give him cigarettes

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and so many things.

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The great influence of <i>kirtana</i>

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from a <i>maha-bhagavata</i>,

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made them from hippies to ‘happies’.

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(applause)

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Syamarani is here.

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(applause)

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She and her husband were hippies,

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and now she became a great devotee.

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He wanted that I should be preaching

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in the Western countries,

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but I told, “Now I am serving my <i>gurudeva</i>.

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Later on I will come.”

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He used to give his preaching report to me weekly.

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I have about five-hundred letters from him.

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I sent him so many deities, <i>karatalas, mrdangas</i>,

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and famous sweets of Mathura, <i>peda</i>.

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What he wanted, I sent at once.

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In one letter he has told, “Your relation with me is

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as my transcendental relation with Prabhupada

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– same relation.

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After a few years, within a few years,

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he preached all over America, Europe, Asia, Australia,

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and so many places.

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He published so many authorized books

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and he established <i>mathas</i>

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on the mountains, amongst oceans,

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and here and there.

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Very soon he spread his mission everywhere in the world.

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But you should know

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that he never gave anything new.

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What he had from his <i>gurudeva</i> Srila Prabhupada through <i>parampara</i> –

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only the same wine in a new bottle.

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I think that,

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where he established the <i>mathas</i> with his own hands

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are very sacred pilgrimages for me.

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So, I wanted to visit these places,

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and very soon I visited so many places.

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But, ISKCON has banned me, out of fear

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that if any ISKCON leaders will hear my classes,

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they will never return back to ISKCON.

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So they banned me:

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“Any disciple of

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ISKCON will not meet Svami Narayana Maharaja."

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So to visit all sacred places

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I went over the whole world.

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Up till now I have visited the whole world

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about thirty times –

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this is my thirtieth time in world preaching.