The Irish Problem

[Paramananda das]

I was thinking about Tribuvanath Prabhu yesterday , I disagreed with his immature and manipulative way of management , to me he was in some ways neophyte and offensive, and he was not a bookdistributor for sure, but he was dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and for that I liked him .I recall in Dame street in Dublin , when we where not on traveling sankirtana but distributed books from Dublin he was sitting every night and reading his one Volume CC and fall asleep with reading so he would never lie in the bed.I am not sure how good that was for his physical health.So I alway went into his room and begged him to lie down on his bed .He would and fall asleep peacefully in his bed I could not stand to see him sleep in the chair at the end of the day he was also dear to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Prabhupadas son.I round out later he had a rough child hood and lived in a foster home. When Jayatirtha became GBC for the UK he did not like Tribhuvanath Prabhu who properly had his own ideas ,at the end he was a stubborn and rebellish Irishman, that is the nature of the Irish they are rebellious and want to lead everyone but not be led by anyone. So Tribhuvanath Prabhu left devotee assocaition for some years and got married .But he did preaching in the middle east and Africa also he always wanted to push Harinama, he had more faith in Harinama than bookdistribution , but Aindra prabhu was also like this .I called Tribhuvanath in around 2000 when he was in ISKCON Birmingham UK that was the last we talked .I know Giridhari Prabhu in the UK is still trying to do all the festival programs Tribhuvanath was to continue, big Harinamas during certain Festivals in England and Scotland Ireland .One thing I did not agree with Tribhuvanath about what his anger with Northern Ireland ,when I was sankirtana leader for all of Ireland in 1993 I wanted to take our sankirtana party to Northern Ireland and distribute books ,he strongly objected.I thought he was insane. We have 2 devotees from Nothern Ireland also in the sankirtana party Bhakta Derek and Premarnava ,should we not distribute Srila Prabhupadas books in Northern Ireland.I feel to this day ISKCON Nothern Ireland is neglected and it bothers me.Praghosa das like Tribhavanath das does not seem to care about them up in Nothern Ireland.My wish was everyone should have Srila Prabhupadas books in Nothern Ireland also ,I pray there will be travelling sankirtana in Nothern and Ireland of all Srila Prabhupadas orgional books .I am not Irish but from my time in Ireland ,I came to love the Irish too and I think they all need and deserve Srila Prabhupadas books
Where are you now, old friend?
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Where are you now, old friend?
Where are you now, old friend? Where are you now? Have you gone ahead to lead another sankirtana party for Srila Prabhupada in a far distant land? Are you chanting up a storm and playing the mrdanga until time stops and theres nothing left but the Holy Name which you love so much? Are you preaching....
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Paramananda Das
I do not think Ireland and Nother Ireland is run very well as goverment , I like my place of birth much better..Denmark .You go on a Saturday evening in Dublin and there are no public restrooms so thousands of young men pee all over the city and the city stinks of Urin same on saturday night ,if you go for Japa walk often of Sunday morning you have to hold your nose .Ireland is not such a great place , but as Prabhupada said any hole you are born in is your home.But then again London seems more degraded in many ways though more wealthy so it is all dry and wet stool.Without Krsna in the center nothing works well