Living Ghosts

Kurma Dasa: Towards the end of the walk, the topic of ghosts came up. Prabhupada recalled his stay as a guest on John Lennon’s estate, Tittenhurst, in 1969.

"In London there are so many ghosts,” he said with a grin, as the devotees crowded around. "They complained, ‘Sir, here in this house, a ghost comes every night’, so I advised them to chant Hare Krishna, and the ghost went away."

Wherever there is Hare Krishna chanting, Prabhupada said, the ghostly demonic living entities will not be able to stay but rather will be forced to leave.

'Everywhere there are ghostly living beings. In fact, he said, "non-devotees who show no respect for the pure devotees or the Deity in the temple, are also considered to be ghosts — although breathing. They are considered dead bodies."