Krsna Kumari : At one point Srila Prabhupada wasn’t feeling well. He
actually had to be helped up onto the vyasasana, but he still came to give
the class. After the class they had to help him off the vyasasana and hold
him while Srutakirti put his shoes on. Upon walking back to his room, he
came along the hallway, looked in a classroom and wanted to go in. Now
during that class, I had all these little kids, and one of them had started
crying. I had taken her out and put her in my classroom and she had cried
herself to sleep behind the door. When Prabhupada opened that door to go in
the classroom, it bumped into the child who immediately woke up and started
crying all over again. When Prabhupada entered, the child saw Prabhupada
and stopped crying immediately. She fell down and paid her obeisances. I’m
not sure why he decided to go into the room or whether he sensed she was
there, but his intention was completely focused on her. He reached out and
touched her head gently. Then his eyes moved over to me. His glance pierced
me with the message, “You’ve got to treat these children nicely, gently,
kindly.” I had been told that we were to be really strict with the children
until they turn sixteen years old. He once said we could keep a stick, but
only show the stick. He said, “Don’t ever use the stick.” However, this
look of Prabhupada was admonishing me to the core. From that day on I
changed completely. I realized these children are the future of our
movement and they have to have positive impressions to develop nicely. My
heart changed from that moment to a more loving mood because I saw
Prabhupada’s love.
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