Guru means whatever instruction he'll give, we have to accept without any argument.
Every afternoon when he wakes up from his post-lunch nap, Srila Prabhupada is given a glass of fresh fruit juice and a garland, and sandalwood paste is applied to his forehead. He likes to sit for while in his darsana room, sipping his drink and chatting with his disciples or any visitors, before he goes out to the temple. Jagadisa came in this afternoon with a couple of devotees and handed Srila Prabhupada some documents in support of our court fight. Prabhupada was pleased that we are getting some immediate response, and more pleased at the implications of the controversy. Relaxed and smiling, he listed a few contemporary movements and organizations, as well as some older ones, noting that they are not targets. Taking the opposition to us as recognition of our success, he grinned. "That means they are feeling more weight [from us]."
Jagadisa mentioned a Christian-based group led by a Korean businessman, and I informed Srila Prabhupada that this man had declared that Jesus had not finished his work and so he was now going to complete it.
"So that is capturing the sentiment," Prabhupada said. "There is no philosophy. And who cares for Jesus? First of all they must care for Jesus. So, he has got any books?"
We said maybe a few pamphlets. "No one's got any literature like yours," I told him. "At the most, they can produce a few pamphlets. They can't even produce one volume the size of the Bhagavatam, what to speak of eighty."
Prabhupada has always regarded the writing of his books as his main work; the aphorism "books are the basis" is the motivational motto on which the huge sankirtana force has been developed. Prabhupada's books are at the center of the growth of the movement, and the key to both attracting and sustaining new devotees. They separate him from all other gurus and spiritual leaders. And it is in the arena of book distribution that much of the disturbance has come. "On the whole there is now attempt to stop this movement," he mused. "We have made so many court cases. Now, only loss we are feeling now?in some airports they have stopped our book selling. So formerly also, they were stopped and again revived."
Jagadisa said that we were now legally banned, at least temporarily, from selling books in three major airports?Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. "It's a constant struggle."
Prabhupada was philosophical. "Struggle must be there. You cannot stop it." And then he laughed. "Krishna, since His birth struggled."
At the mention of police harassment and beatings in Montreal and Chicago, Prabhupada was reflective. "They crucified Jesus, what to speak of devotees. Prahlada Maharaja was persecuted; Haridasa Thakura." He paused momentarily and suddenly broke into a broad and somewhat mischievous grin. "I think I shall not go to Europe, America, for some time!" Everyone laughed, but even though it was tongue-in-cheek I still thought there was cause for genuine concern. "Not unless this gets cleared up."
Prabhupada acknowledged the potential danger. "Because it is being discussed about me. They say, 'Old man is behind this movement.' "
"Even in Australia," I told him, "now they're having the same thing-kidnapping and everything. It's everywhere."
Prabhupada grinned again with satisfaction. "That means they are feeling the weight. It is spreading."
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 5 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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