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Prabhupada Chastised Disciples

Ganesh Dasa: When Srila Prabhupada was in Perth, his habit was to briefly nap after lunch, and during that time the devotees took prasadam. The devotees were eating a lot, and Australia had such good quality milk products that the devotees were also eating lots of yogurt and other milk products along with everything else. After they'd finished they would also rest.  One day Prabhupada got up from his nap, began to read and translate, and at about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, he realized he hadn't heard anything in the house. He walked around and found the devotees sleeping. This was about two hours after they had taken lunch. Prabhupada woke them up and chastised them for simply eating and sleeping. Prabhupada told them "You are worse than karmis. Even the karmis are out working hard for their maintenance and food, but you're just eating and sleeping." I was on sankirtan that day, and I felt thankful that I'd missed that. I would have been sleeping with the others for sure, but fortunately I was collecting money for Prabhupada at the time.



Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa