Spot Initiation By Srila Prabhupada
Bahushira Dasa: Dadhi Bhaksha Das was innocent, boyish, and small, and an albino. He became Prabhupada's disciple in an unusual way. During one Kartik he was going around the Krishna Balaram Temple on a morning walk with Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada had said that if you circumambulate the temple it's like seeing all the holy places. Dadhi Bhaksha was in the back and many different sannyasis, Tamal Krishna, Adikeshava, and others were walking with Srila Prabhupada.
Prabhupada was saying, "And so Krishna likes sweets." From way in the back Dadhi Bhaksha interjected, "Srila Prabhupada, I like sweets!" Everyone stopped, turned around and looked, and you could almost see the arrows from the eyes of the sannyasis, "What is this?" Prabhupada said, "So your name is Dadhi Bhaksha das ['servant of Krishna, the yogurt eater']!" He was initiated on the spot, and everybody said, "Jaya, Prabhupada!" It was completely perfect. Prabhupada was like that, soft as a rose, hard as a thunderbolt. Dadhi Bhaksha Prabhu thought the thunderbolt was coming, but the rose came.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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