Once, one of our godbrothers was the subject of our Guru Maharaja’s stern remark. He was a man of good character, but his tendency was generally towards nama bhajana. He did not like to do any other service, but was only inclined to chant the name of Krsna on his beads. I was in charge of the Delhi temple at the time, and was intimate with him, so I wrote to Prabhupada: “If you permit, I would like to engage my Godbrother in some preaching work here in the Delhi temple.” The letter that Prabhupada wrote is still here. He wrote me in his letter, “If you can bring him there and make him help you in the work of preaching, then you will be a real friend to him. I don’t recognize that sitting in the jungle of Balihati only chanting, counting beads, is krsnanusilanam, the proper cultivation of Krsna consciousness.”
-Bhakti Rakshak Shridhar sharing some into the transcendental mind of Srila Sarasvati Thakur.
Prabhupada’s thinking was revolutionary. He once told his disciples, “















