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I like that man!

Sureshvar : In September of 1972, Srila Prabhupada flew to Dallas to install Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji. He arrived at Love Field via American Airlines. We ushered him into the VIP room, where he sat on a makeshift dais and immediately started talking about the three ways to fly. He said, "There are three ways to fly." Reporters were jotting down, "Three ways to fly." Prabhupada continued, "Pigeon." (He didn't say "Swan," he said "Pigeon.") "Pigeon, mantra and carpet. Formerly, people knew the art of training pigeons and could get on the pigeons and fly." I was standing next to a woman reporter and looking at her pad as she wrote, "Pigeon." Then he said, "Mantra. Simply by vibrating mantras, the yogi knew how to ride on the sound." She and the other reporters wrote down, "Mantra, machine." Then a lady asked, "Swami, if you know all these different ways to fly, why did you choose to fly American Airlines today?" Prabhupada said, "To be one with you." The lady turned to me and said, "I like that man!"



Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Siddhanta Dasa