Krishan's Service Not Army Service
Govinda Dasi: After Srila Prabhupada's stroke, he and Gaurasundar and I were living in New Jersey for three weeks in the spring of 1968, and during that time Gaurasundar was called to an Army draft appointment in New York. Gaurasundar and I were in anxiety because he didn't want to fight a war that he didn't believe in and that Srila Prabhupada did not support. Before Gaurasundar left to catch the train to New York, he bowed down to Swamiji, who said, "Don't worry, Krishna will protect you. He will take care of everything." That day Srila Prabhupada mentioned Gaurasundar several times and was thinking of him. In the evening when Gaurasundar returned, he came up the stairs with a big smile on his face. He was very happy. Immediately Swamiji called Gaurasundar into his room. "What happened?" Gaurasundar explained that he was wearing a silken cord with a three-inch high murti of Lord Jagannatha around his neck and he also had big red chanting beads, and the doctors, who had never seen such odd things, decided he was not psychiatrically competent for the Army. Srila Prabhupada said, "Yes, if we are sincere, Krishna will protect us. He will make all arrangements. You have chosen Krishna's service, not the Army's service, so Krishna has arranged everything perfectly."
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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