my times with Tribuvanath Prabhu

[Paramananda das]

my times with Tribuvanath Prabhu

Hare Krishna Festivals with Tribhuvanatha Prabhu - a short film (2014) - YouTube

I first met Tribhuvanath Prabhu in 1993 I was asked by Sivarama Swami to go there and be a Sankirtana leader for Ireland and do Sankirtana .So devotees were very happy with me because book distribution doubled and tripled when I became the Sankirtana leader. The problem I had with Tribuvanath Prabhu was that he wanted to get free books from Balabhadra in Scotland ,and then use the money we saved from not buying books from the BBL ,BBT so he could use for his other preaching programs ..I wanted to write a letter to Sivarama Swami if that was Ok he can do that ..but Tribuvanath Prabhu did not like to have me interfere with his program and he wanted to unobstructed do what the heck he wanted..So finally Tribuvanath objected that I remain Sankirtana leader ,Sivarama Swami wanted to keep me and Sivarama Swami also said look how Payonidhi Prabhu is training these devotees well ,because some had fights sometimes with people from the public and I made sure such fights did not take place and that we behave properly .Tribuvanath Prabhu was very critical of Praghosh Prabhu and I said I do not agree with you it seems to me he is very wonderful devotee so we had some disagreements and I left , after that Krsna send me to North California in 1994 where I distributed 34000 Small books in 6 months
I only saw Tribuvanath Prabhu once again at Bhaktivedanta Manor in 1997 and called him when he was in Birmingham England ,then the next I heard was he left his body and I felt sad he did not go to Vrindavana but left his body somewhere in South America trying some natural cure up till the last minute, he did a lot of preaching and I always loved him though we had our disagreements about his independent nature and doing things his own way Audio - ISKCON desire tree: His Grace Tribhuvanatha Prabhu

I can only say I loved him dearly as my God uncle and I knew he loved me as a devotee also ,,I recall at the temple in Dame street Dublin ,he went out during the Prahbupada marathon in 93 and he said I am not a good book distributor but you are pushing us all out to try ,so he went out 3 days and did 50 medium books 3 days in a row , I said Prabhu all glories to your service..he said you are doing 150 and 200 I am doing only 50 ,I said it is absolute Prabhu ,what matters is we all do our best..At night he had hard time sleeping he would read CC until he would fall asleep on the chair ,sitting with the CC in his hand sleeping, I went in at least 1  times at night and begged him to lie in the bed an rest and he would go sleep in the bed otherwise I am sure who would have just kept sleeping with the CC in his hands ,,In the Morning Tribhuvanath Prabhu would grab a "Vina" a tamboura and sing such a beautiful Guruvastakam ,,he was very affectionate to the devotees ,and when I chastised a devotee for trying to run away from the police after having caused an accident, he pacified the situation ,he was like a father to the devotees in Ireland ..not sure what happened later when he made his base in Birmingham UK ..Tribhuvanath Prabhu gave me his old CC when I won the Prabhupada Marathon in 1993 and he got a new one I still have the old CC of his ,he used to read it daily for years one Volume one day when I visit ISKCON Irleand again I will give it to the devotees in Inis rath , I think it really belongs there with devotees ..he is loved and not forgotten all glories to Tribhuvanath prabhu , the best times was always hearing his pastimes with Srila Prahbupada or going with him on Harinama
Tribhuvanath Prabhu Ki Jaya