I could hear him softly chanting japa
Rachitambara dasi: I stayed in L.A. from '73 till '76. Whenever Srila Prabhupada was visiting, I would rise very early, sometimes at one o'clock, one-thirty was normal, and I would go behind the temple. And there was an alleyway behind the L.A. temple, there was a landromat that the devotees use, and it was dark and creepy at night. But anyhow, I went there and standing behind the temple you could look up at Srila Prabhupada's quarters, his darshan room window, and he was always there no matter how early I got up.
He was always already sitting there, and sometimes I could hear him softly chanting japa, it's mostly summer there and the windows were open or quite often I would hear him translating. And I would chant my japa softly down there and think that I was protecting Srila Prabhupada because it was a dark alley and he was silhouetted in the window, you could see him, and I was always afraid someone would come. It was the time of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King and these people had been shot, so I used to get up early and chant there and protect Prabhupada. But it was nice because I felt like it was a little time with him. I could hear him translating or chanting.
He was always already sitting there, and sometimes I could hear him softly chanting japa, it's mostly summer there and the windows were open or quite often I would hear him translating. And I would chant my japa softly down there and think that I was protecting Srila Prabhupada because it was a dark alley and he was silhouetted in the window, you could see him, and I was always afraid someone would come. It was the time of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King and these people had been shot, so I used to get up early and chant there and protect Prabhupada. But it was nice because I felt like it was a little time with him. I could hear him translating or chanting.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Racitambara Dasi
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