Srila Prabhupada Personal Instruction to Bhakti Tirtha Swami
Bhakti Tirtha Swami: We were walking with Srila Prabhupada, and at one point he stopped and looked directly at me and quoted Bhagavad-gita 2.64. Afterwards the devotees were saying, "Prabhupada gave you such a personal instruction; amazing!" That Bhagavad-gita verse has to do with renunciation of the senses, controlling the mind, and depending on Krishna's mercy. I took that to heart and started living an austere life. I would chant forty two rounds every day, sleep about three hours getting up at 12:30 a.m. or 1:00 a.m., chant japa before arati and do some reading. I was eating once a day. That instruction from Prabhupada was so piercing. He knocked me over with that instruction. At other times, other devotees got personal instructions, but different kinds of instruction. How much influence Prabhupada had on us, how he encouraged me in simplicity, in the life of renunciation!
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa
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