Saturday 23 November 2013

Three ways to fly!

Suresvara Dasa relates:

It was September 1972.

Srila Prabhupada was flying into Dallas to install SS Radha Kalachandji. He arrives at the airport by American Airlines; we usher him in the VIP room.
As Srila Prabhupada sits on a make-shift dais he immediately starts talking about: 'the three ways to fly!'
He just sits on he's seat and said: "So, there are three ways to fly!"

So the reporters are all present, and immediately noted on their pads: 'three ways to fly!'
I'm standing right next to this woman reporter and I kept looking at her pad.

"Yes", Srila Prabhupada starts, "pigeon... (he didn't say swan, he said pigeon!), mantra and machine!"
"Formerly, people knew the art of training pigeons." They would just get in the pigeons and just fly.
So the woman report notes on her pad: 'pigeon'.

"Then mantra. Simply by vibrating mantra, the yogi knew how to ride on the sound."
So the lady reporter continues to note down: 'mantra'. And all the other reporters are writing it down.
"And then machine!"

By that time, the lady reporter shoots up her hand and asked: "So Swami, if you know all these different ways to fly, then why did you choose to fly American Airlines today?"

Srila Prabhupada replied, with his eyes open wide, "To be one with YOU!"
The lady reported turned to Suresvara Prabhu and said, "I like that man!"

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