Janaki devi dasi 01 Remembers Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupada Memories
Interview 01
Janaki: Mukunda and I were planning on going to India. We had our visas and passports raring to go. He came home one day and said, “You won’t believe this, but there is a swami living a block down the Bowery from us and he is giving classes.” I asked Prabhupada once, “How do I quit smoking? How do I quit doing this or that?” He said, “You don’t stop. You replace.” All the time that was his concept. “I will give you something that will fill you up so much more than what you are currently absorbing. I will give you something that will take up all of those spaces inside of you and you won’t even bother with that previous nonsense.” His job with us was so huge. I honestly don’t know how he did it—that was Krishna. He was such a devout follower of Krishna, his spiritual master and the disciplic succession. He was so tried and true. None of us were used to the kind of energy and purpose that Prabhupada had. His task was impossible, but he did it anyway.
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