Ram Bharwani Remembers Srila Prabhupada

Following Srila Prabhupada

Interview DVD 04

Ram: Actually I didn’t know about this movement till Mr. Dalani came to my office. He was our neighbor, and he came asking whether I could make arrangement for Swamiji’s stay in Jakarta. So I immediately told him, “OK.” At that time, there were not many hotels. So I offered to give our own building. We started to make preparation. We moved to another house and gave the whole building to Swamiji in Gena Trading. So this was our house actually. We had a shop down, office, and we were living upstairs on the second and third floor. And Swamiji’s room was my room, my bedroom. So I was very happy that he could stay in my bedroom and bless it. I remember I brought my car and drove him in my car, and that car I kept with me for a long, long time. I didn’t want to sell it till it really broke down. So I thought since he had sat in the car, so I didn’t want to sell it. But finally the car was getting old and giving a lot of trouble, I had to sell it away. This is our house, family gathering. Yes, this is our family now. This is my wife. She had just given birth to a boy baby. He told us to ask whatever we wanted. I don’t remember, but it was quite interesting. We were very impressed, and he blessed all of us. I remember one question, he asked me whether I believed in God. I told him, “Of course I believe in God.” But he kept on asking from me, “Do you believe in God?” This is my son.