Sankirtan's above all !

Tamal Krishna Goswami: Prabhupada was very pleased with this harinam party. When he left San Francisco to open the temple in Seattle, Prabhupada decided that the sankirtan party should go with him. At that point Jayananda went to Prabhupada and asked, 'Swamiji, I'd like to travel with the sankirtan party.' Prabhupada said, "But you are the Temple President." Jayananda said, 'I think the harinam party is more important.' Prabhupada said, "What will you do?" He said, 'I'll be the driver.' Prabhupada thought for a second and said, "Very good, you can go." Sankirtan was so important to Prabhupada that he was willing to let the person who was maintaining the whole temple, who was the temple president, become the driver of the sankirtan party. Jayananda joined our party in that way.