-- S rila P rabhupada on M ayapur --
preaching and sankirtan
8/3/73 MÄYÄPUR – ÇRÉLA PRABHUPÄDA UVÄCA During ISKCON’s first international festival in Mäyäpur, many devo- tees demonstrated how they had become influenced by the Bengali form of kirtan. Çréla Prabhupäda expressed some displeasure about the chanting of so many different mantras.”They can chant their ‘Nitai Gaura, Hari Bols’,” he said, “but I will chant Hare Kåñëa and go back home, back to Godhead.” Perhaps if we had understood the transla- tion of “Hari bol,” then we would have known what to do. Çréla Prabhu päda enjoyed chanting the mahä-mantra.
30/7/72 AMSTERDAM – JAYAPATÄKÄ MAHÄRÄJA If you make it a first-class temple, there will be no lack of visitors for preaching, you will never even have to leave that place for preach- ing. And if you serve nice prasädam, the whole of In- dia will come. So stick to our principles very rigidly, and everyone will come to see these American Vaiñëavas. I want that we shall excel the Caitanya Math. They have been strug- gling for the last 50 years, and we shall surpass them in two years. We are working two shifts of labor: that is American style of doing things.
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