Urvasi devi dasi Remembers Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupada Memories
Interview 01
Urvasi: I was in the Chicago temple when Srila Prabhupada visited. That was the time of that very famous, controversial press conference about the 64-ounce brain and the 32-ounce brain. When Prabhupada was at the airport about to leave, he saw one of the mataji’s distributing big books, and with a huge smile he said, “My women disciples have a 64-ounce brain.” |
To view the entire unedited video go to Memories 10 - 1995 Prabhupada Festival
Interview 02
Urvasi: I was in the Chicago temple when Srila Prabhupada visited. That was the time of that very famous, controversial press conference about the 64-ounce brain and the 32-ounce brain. When Prabhupada was at the airport about to leave, he saw one of the mataji’s distributing big books, and with a huge smile he said, “My women disciples have a 64-ounce brain.” |
To view the entire unedited video go to Memories 10 - 1995 Prabhupada Festival
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Following Srila Prabhupada
Interview DVD 08
Urvasi: I was serving at the Montreal temple, Canada, and there were a lot of devotees going to India. And before we left, I went back home to Los Angeles, where my parents live, to give them a visit. As I was leaving there, my mother asked me out of the blue, she said, “Is there something I can give to you to take to your spiritual master?” I was really taken aback by that question and I said, “Oh, that’s so nice.” I said, “I don’t know. What would you like to give him?” She said, “I could make him some guava jam,” because we had fruit trees at the property. So I told her that would be really nice. So she made the guava jam, and she wrote on there “For Srila Prabhupada.” When I was in Vrindavan, I went up to Srila Prabhupada’s quarters and handed it through to one of his servants and that was that. Then I found out for two days that Prabhupada’s servant was looking for me. He had remembered what I looked like, but he didn’t know my name. Finally he found me, and he said that Srila Prabhupada really loved the jam and he wanted my mother’s name and address because Srila Prabhupada wanted to write her a thank-you letter. There it was, all these devotees, huge event, the opening of the temple, the installation of the Deities, and Srila Prabhupada was so concerned to write a thank-you letter. So my parents received the letter from Srila Prabhupada and he was thanking my mom so nicely for this guava jam, and he told her that it was his favorite jam and that his mother used to make guava jam for him. Then he went on to say that “Do not worry about your daughter. I am taking care of her. She is nicely engaged in the Lord’s service.” It was just a really sweet letter. It’s so amazing that Srila Prabhupada took that time to recognize that little gift from my mother in amongst so much activity going on and so many devotees. |