33 years in ISKCON part 4

[Paramananda das]

 

1981 was a busy year also basically just traveling all over Denmark and distributing Srila Prabhupadas books.

1982 I went to ISKCON Mumbai with devotees from Denmark and Mayapure and Vrindavana, and Devamrta Swami that took sannyasa that year. Some politics sadly started that time , I went to Germany after coming back from India .That was the old temple. Jayatirtha was having problems at that time, and he left ISKCON and

went to Sridhara Swami.Who obviously did not know how fallen Jayatirtha really had become.

I was there in Germany for the installation of Prahlada Narasimha, we had a huge book distribution Marathon ,

and basically 24 hours kirtana for Lord Narasimha.It was very ecstatic. I returned to Denmark for the Prabhupada Christmas Marathon. Jahnu das had joined that time, Lalitanath das also. The temple president was having illicit sex with a mataji from Argentina, but bookdistribution went on. Jahnu did more books than I did, but he was having one cigarette in one hand and a Bhagavad Gita in the other, distributing and talking to

a fellow.Right there on the pedestrian area in Copenhagen.I did not report him to any other devotees ,as I was

hopeful he would not do this again.I never mentioned it to anyone .He was distributing nicely, so I am sure Krsna gave him some mercy, after all.

1983 I was in Germany,selling paintings , we devotees where selling paintings and the laxmi was used to print,Russian Bhagavad gitas ,small printing and given freely to all russians we ever met. Sometimes these books where even thrown on board of ships of russians ,if they where willing to read them.Devotees did this in the habour in Copenhagen. 1983 I was finally able to distribute Srila Prabhupadas books again and I had an amazing darshan of Lord Caitanya in Nuremberg Germany while chanting Japa, I felt Lord Gaurangas presence so intensely. 1984 I had enough of this painting selling as it was not the duty of a brahmacari.

And I joined ISKCON to distribute Prabhupadas books.I went back to Denmark and Devamrta Swami asked I just please help sell painting for the new Gaura Nitai temple and later I could go back to distribute Prabhupadas books again.I collected lots of laxmi,that was all used for the new temple room and Gaura Nitais outfits and seva ,what happened next changed my life forever and my loosing faith in certain leaders due to their selfishness.