Compassionate Master
Umapati Swami: After I was initiated I blooped. I was the second bloop in the movement. My distinction is that I was one of the first people to cause Prabhupada great pain and suffering. But the devotees would have to get me because Prabhupada's electronic equipment was always breaking down and I was the only one who knew how to fix it. Once when they had come for me, Kirtanananda and I were talking when Prabhupada came into the room, walked up to me and said, "Even if you don't want to be one of us, you must associate with us. You cannot get away from us."
Prabhupada was always very concerned. There was a seemingly ordinary boy, David Allen, from the Lower East Side who started coming. I didn't know him but Prabhupada and some of the boys who had been with Prabhupada longer knew him. Once I heard Prabhupada eagerly talking to someone about that boy, saying, "He's making advancement, don't you think?" Later I learned that this boy was formerly Prabhupada's roommate, the person who had gone crazy on drugs and forced Prabhupada onto the street. But Prabhupada's only thought was, "Don't you think he's making advancement?" That's all Prabhupada cared about.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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