Plant Trees Says Prabhupada
Shanka Dasa: I travelled from Bombay to Calcutta on the slowest, cheapest third class train, we had very little money for anything. By the time I got to the Calcutta temple, my suitcase and shoes had been stolen and all I had was the dhoti and kurta I was wearing. And I was completely full of dirt from three days on the train. Finally, I got to Mayapur when Srila Prabhupada and the devotees were going for a morning walk, and Bhavananda Swami told Prabhupada, "Oh, Prabhupada, your gardener from Bombay is here." Prabhupada didn't say anything. We walked to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's temple and when we returned to our property, we walked under our archway and on the left-hand side there were some cows. I didn't know anything about cows but I started fooling around with them while everyone else continued towards the temple. Then about 500 yards before they got to the temple Prabhupada stopped, turned around and said, "Shanka, come here!" I went running to him and said, "SriIa Prabhupada, what would you like?" He said, "I want you to plant trees on both sides of the road here." So Jayapataka Maharaj, two Bengali boys and I planted coconut trees along that pathway. Today those trees are producing coconuts, they have survived floods and other disasters and are still going strong.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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