Anecdote of the Day
Sura Dasa : Sometimes all the other servants would leave and I would be left fanning Srila Prabhupada. Once I thought, "How is it that the spiritual master is sleeping? The sastra says that the spiritual master never sleeps." I was speculating and perhaps bothering Srila Prabhupada on a psychic level. Prabhupada was sitting cross-legged on his bed on the outer veranda outside his upstairs room in Vrindavan. He was seemingly snoring in deep sleep. His lip was moving back and forth. I thought, "Prabhupada's snoring, he's sleeping, but the spiritual master never sleeps." Right in the middle of my nonsense thought, Srila Prabhupada said, "What time is?" He was completely clear and attentive. I realized then that Srila Prabhupada knew exactly what I was thinking and wanted to destroy that thought. I said, "8:33, Srila Prabhupada." I immediately thought, "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare." I realized that I shouldn't think of anything in front of my spiritual master except Krishna conscious thoughts. My focus should be on love and devotion and the maha-mantra, the chanting of Hare Krishna.
Reference: Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint by Siddhanta Dasa
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