Close lifelong friend Perry McNaughton / Padmapani Prabhu ACBSSP, has gone to Sridhama Mayapura to join Lord Nityananda's eternal kirtans.

Close lifelong friend Perry McNaughton / Padmapani Prabhu ACBSSP, has gone to Sridhama Mayapura to join Lord Nityananda's eternal kirtans.

Mild, brave, steady, poetic, intelligent, clean, determined, devoted, hard working, tolerant, come to mind of his character.

I went to high school with Padma. We travelled India together. We did sankirtan all over America and Canada. Our mothers were best friends. He worked for me for over a year, i bought him a car he used to travel to Mexico.

Next to you, and Ramon who doesn't call either, my closest living friend now gone. I was thinking of him tried to find his phone number, like, day before yesterday. I hope he remembers us and prays for us to be freed from maya. Gauranga!

He is with Gour Nitai now...

Thanks so much for sharing this news. I will pray. hare krsna!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada ! Padma preached all over the world for Srila Prabhupada !!

Foreign devotees get a lot of mercy in India.

Padmapani, Bhakta Jon Kay, myself Tamohara dasa, all from Canada, were all travelling by foot and bullock cart from the Kumbha Mela in February, 1977. Lokanatha Swami led the party, including five or six Indian brahmacaris, doing sankirtan as we set for Varanasi.

"Bhagavat Darshan! (iskcon magazine) Bhagavata Darshan! ek rupiya don!" We called out in small roadside markets across the country, casually mostly, walking by, or in and out of tea stalls, or calling out loudly, with kirtan nearby. We would get rice and dahl, poured into our cloths, as well as rupees given to us. We carried mostly Bhhagavata Darshana magazine boxes in the bottom of our bullock cart. PS; A tip; Don't walk too close to the side of bullocks you don't know, lol.

Sometimes, we were invited to speak at a School or temple, spoke maybe twenty minutes mostly English, then Lokanath Swami would speak for maybe half an hour, at most. We distributed some magazines, got kids and teachers to chant briefly with us, then away we again went. I was not a good preacher back then, but did my best to quote a sloka or two, tell a gulabjamun joke.

We would sleep on mandapas of small temples near the road at night. We didn't eat much ; maybe bananas and cucumber, maybe dahlma and rice now and then. Later, i became the party cook, but that only lasted a few weeks, and happened only a few times. It was too austere a program at that time, we should have arranged for regular prasdam, but we were more than happy. I was not in charge.

Bhakta Jon Kay was somewhere around, with a movie camera. He likely caught a lot of this journey, but i have yet to see any of it. A lot of people found him an interesting character, not dressed in brahamcari clothing, but mod western hippy-like jeans and t-shirts he had tye-died himself. He was a strong but smaller lad, had long dark hair and beard, as well, and a happy smile. everyone liked him, and he chanted just fine !

Lokanatha Maharajah was usually out front chanting and walking his pada-yatra, leading kirtan with mrdanga, and managing our preaching and practical arrangements.

One day, it was warm, travelling the road, and someone brought us a couple of sugar canes, which was delicious. We Canadians never had actual sugar cane before. I wished we had a whole cartful ! Next thing you know, an overloaded transport truck hit a bump, sending ten or twenty more sugar canes falling right onto our bullock cart ! We laugherd and shared it.

Then Padmapani said; "Wish we had a full container with just the juice ! " and laughed. Less than five minutes later, a farmer came up to our party from his fields, with a fresh squeezed big bucket full of raw cane juice, which was tansferred to our containers. LOL! Nectar.

This was old-fashioned religious culture, Vaisnava farmer saw a band of sannyasis and brahmacraies, and so came immediately to feed us.

............................Jaya Mahadeva! Jaya Srila Prabhupada !

Padmapani and I had many adventures in life, due to providence and chance of birth, attendance of the same high school, joined Iskcon in different places and years, me the senior that regards, he the senior being of saintly character versus my own mixed nature. Hence for a while, he was the brahmana, me not, so it gave me an excuse to serve, which he did not like, but which i found a seva delite ! it was kinda humorous. Ex.; I might offer to clean or fetch something needed. hare krsna

Comments

Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 5, 2025 8:33

Padmapani Das was my very good friend. We corresponded for many years and despite his own health issues he took great care of his mom until she passed. He was a kind and humble man who lived a simple life of service to his guru, fellow devotees and God -- Sri Krishna.

Swarup Hebel

Mar 05, 2025
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 5, 2025 8:33

All glories to our Godbrother Padmapani das for his selfless service to Krsna and his Guru Srila Prabhupada we will miss his humble spirit and fearless service to spread the absolute truth in every town and village he went

Brajananda das

Mar 05, 2025
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 5, 2025 8:34

Padmapani was a lovely person with a lot of love in his heart. He will continue to live on in the hearts of all he touched. May his spirit soar.

Mahatma Dasi

Mar 05, 2025
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 9, 2025 14:47
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 9, 2025 14:50

Padmapani Prabhu died alone within 2 days of being put in an old folks home. His books and everything were lost or stolen when he moved back to Manitoba from B.C. He was not enjoying respect or honor for all his preaching work, living simply in our Temples. no. He felt shy and humble, had no money, no Godbrothers etc were in immediate physical touch, and he did not call me here in Winnipeg, either. He was neglected by the Movement he, we, gave our lives for, gave everything. In the end, it was just he and Lord Sri Krsna. He gave up, left this world, despite good care from his brother, Brent.

So many of Srila Prabhupada's disciples are in this situation because of the poisoner gay jew sannyasis who killed our Guru and left us homeless after stealing everything we built. We were kicked out, lied about, abused and thrown out. l, also.
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 9, 2025 14:52
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 9, 2025 14:53

I was just given this rare 2007 photo of Padmapani by Nandini Villeneuve
Tamohara dasa ADMIN. March 11, 2025 6:21

Foreign devotees get a lot of mercy in India.

Padmapani, Bhakta Jon Kay, myself Tamohara dasa, all from Canada, were all travelling by foot and bullock cart from the Kumbha Mela in February, 1977. Lokanatha Swami led the party, including five or six Indian brahmacaris, doing sankirtan as we set for Varanasi.

"Bhagavat Darshan! (iskcon magazine) Bhagavata Darshan! ek rupiya don!" We called out in small roadside markets across the country, casually mostly, walking by, or in and out of tea stalls, or calling out loudly, with kirtan nearby. We would get rice and dahl, poured into our cloths, as well as rupees given to us. We carried mostly Bhhagavata Darshana magazine boxes in the bottom of our bullock cart. PS; A tip; Don't walk too close to the side of bullocks you don't know, lol.

Sometimes, we were invited to speak at a School or temple, spoke maybe twenty minutes mostly English, then Lokanath Swami would speak for maybe half an hour, at most. We distributed some magazines, got kids and teachers to chant briefly with us, then away we again went. I was not a good preacher back then, but did my best to quote a sloka or two, tell a gulabjamun joke.

We would sleep on mandapas of small temples near the road at night. We didn't eat much ; maybe bananas and cucumber, maybe dahlma and rice now and then. Later, i became the party cook, but that only lasted a few weeks, and happened only a few times. It was too austere a program at that time, we should have arranged for regular prasdam, but we were more than happy. I was not in charge.

Bhakta Jon Kay was somewhere around, with a movie camera. He likely caught a lot of this journey, but i have yet to see any of it. A lot of people found him an interesting character, not dressed in brahamcari clothing, but mod western hippy-like jeans and t-shirts he had tye-died himself. He was a strong but smaller lad, had long dark hair and beard, as well, and a happy smile. everyone liked him, and he chanted just fine !

Lokanatha Maharajah was usually out front chanting and walking his pada-yatra, leading kirtan with mrdanga, and managing our preaching and practical arrangements.

One day, it was warm, travelling the road, and someone brought us a couple of sugar canes, which was delicious. We Canadians never had actual sugar cane before. I wished we had a whole cartful ! Next thing you know, an overloaded transport truck hit a bump, sending ten or twenty more sugar canes falling right onto our bullock cart ! We laugherd and shared it.

Then Padmapani said; "Wish we had a full container with just the juice ! " and laughed. Less than five minutes later, a farmer came up to our party from his fields, with a fresh squeezed big bucket full of raw cane juice, which was tansferred to our containers. LOL! Nectar.

This was old-fashioned religious culture, Vaisnava farmer saw a band of sannyasis and brahmacraies, and so came immediately to feed us.

............................Jaya Mahadeva! Jaya Srila Prabhupada !

Padmapani and I had many adventures in life, due to providence and chance of birth, attendance of the same high school, joined Iskcon in different places and years, me the senior that regards, he the senior being of saintly character versus my own mixed nature. Hence for a while, he was the brahmana, me not, so it gave me an excuse to serve, which he did not like, but which i found a seva delite ! it was kinda humorous. Ex.; I might offer to clean or fetch something needed. hare krsna

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