As promised, we returned to the town of Bharatpur, one hours drive from Vrindavan, with with a large harinam party. Bharatpur is famous as the «Iron Fort.» Due to its heavy defenses it was never conquered by Muslim invasions or during British rule. Not conquered that is, until we flooded the town with the nectar of the holy names of the Lord! People we initially stunned to see us, but were soon waving and smiling as we passed by. A number of citizens joined our chanting party and danced with us in great happiness. We distributed many books and thousands of pieces of prasadam. Afterwards we visited a newly opened museum in the Kings Palace. What a joy to spread the holy names here, there and everywhere!
I was giving a lecture in a yoga club when someone said, «Prabhupadas just arrived in Paris and youre supposed to go right now.» I said, «Ill finish my lecture.» «No,» he said, «we want to go right now. We dont want to miss it.» I said, «Well finish the lecture. Prabhupada would want us to finish the lecture. This is our duty.» So I finished the lecture in 10 or 15 minutes and I said to the audience, «My spiritual master, a pure devotee of the Lord, has just arrived in Paris. If any of you want to, you can come with us and meet him. Can any of you come?»
At the back a man in uniform raised his hand. He said, «Yes, my family and I will come. This is the first time weve been to a yoga centre, but what youve said is interesting and Id like to meet the person who explained this to you — your guru.» I said, «Sir, who are you?» He said, «Im an admiral in the French Navy.» I said, «Youre an admiral in the French Navy? All right.» He said, «Dont worry, Ill get off duty.» I said, «Well, well leave in about a half an hour.» He said, «No problem,» and made a few phone calls. He got off work, his wife packed a few belongings and got their tow kids, and within a short time they were back. We jumped in our sankirtan van and went off for the 13-hour drive to Paris with the French admiral in tow behind us.
Prabhupada had just started speaking when we walked in. I was so happy I could bring this person to my spiritual master. The etiquette is you bring your guru some dakshin, some flowers or fruits, and here we were bringing an admiral in the French Navy. I was bursting with pride to be the disciple of my guru and, «this is my alms, Ive brought this person for you to preach to.»
Prabhupada saw the admiral, and «Ohhh,» he beamed. I asked the admiral and his wife, «You sit down here in front of Srila Prabhupada.» They were respectful. They sat down and I sat next to them and told Prabhupada, «Srila Prabhupada, we were doing a program in Corsica, and when we heard of your arrival, I asked if anyone wanted to come and this admiral ...»
Prabhupada said, «Oh, very nice,» and began explaining how the Bhagavad-gita was spoken to Arjuna, who was a warrior. He described what brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and sudras do and how everyones focused on offering their service to Krishna. Prabhupada said, «Even though you are a warrior, you can also be a devotee of God. You can use your work to serve God.» The admiral was drinking in every word of it, «Oh, yes.» Then Prabhupada started speaking of reincarnation and karma, which was new to the admiral, but he listened carefully. Prabhupada preached to him for forty-five minutes and in the end the admiral said, «What do I call you?» I said, «Call him Srila Prabhupada.» He said, «Srila Prabhupada, this is very interesting for me. I dont know whats happened. My wife wanted to go to a yoga club and now Im sitting here in front of you, a very special person. If I want to understand this philosophy, what should I read?» Prabhupada said, «Bhagavad-gita.» One of the servants got a French Bhagavad-gita. Prabhupada said, «This is our French Gita. Read this.» The admiral looked at it — it was a big book. He said, «I may not have time to read the whole book — of all the chapters, which one should I concentrate on?» Prabhupada said, «Read the Ninth Chapter and then youll understand everything about Krishna.» The man took the Bhagavad-gita that he received from Prabhupada and left. We were so young in those days, I didnt get his address or telephone number and he was gone. I thought, «Boy, I wish I had gotten his contact information.»
Years later I was distributing books near the mayors office in Paris when there was a big function. I saw a group of Navy personnel who were part of the function and who saw how Id been roughly thrown out. And who did I see? The admiral in his uniform. He went to the police and said, «Let this boy come.» I thought, «Oh, this is a good opportunity.» I said, «Admiral, its good to see you again,» and I gave a few books to the people around there. The admiral said, «Yeah. Not a day goes by I dont remember your spiritual teacher. Not a week goes by I dont read the Ninth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita.» I said, «Thank you very much,» and we shook hands. I thought it was Krishnas mercy that this man met a pure devotee and that he would have the opportunity to meet Prabhupada again.
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Протягом століть цигани живуть серед нас, і весь цей час їх бояться та стороняться. Документальний фільм власного виробництва 1 1 «Циганська кров» — це захоплююча подорож в унікальний світ однієї з найзакритіших та найзагадковіших спільнот в Україні. Викрадення наречених, одруження у тринадцять років та справжнє весілля сина циганського барона. Чому цигани люблять золото? І як вміння ворожити передається по крові. Лімузини та повозки — розкіш, що межує зі злиднями.
Головні герої фільму — 5 циганських баронів, які розкажуть, що відбувається за парканами циганських таборів, куди «гаджо», тобто чужинців, зазвичай не впускають.
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