The devotees were trying to get some important people to meet Srila Prabhupada because he requested that. You know, like ministers of government, heads of department, ministers of religion and even I think a bishop came, and a high official from the catholic church. So Srila Prabhupada was sitting and preaching to all these people.
And then someone brought in a gentleman; the devotee announced that he was such and such and gave his title. The gentleman sat down. Sitting behind his desk, Srila Prabhupada asked, “So... you have any question?”
But this man he was just looking at him; he was just sitting…and he was wide eyed! He looked a little…unstable actually to me! (hearty laughter). He didn’t say anything; he was just silent!”
Srila Prabhupada just began preaching to him. He didn’t wait for any reply. I mean the man was silent; he didn’t say anything.
So Srila Prabhupada started preaching that ‘you are not the body’, very basic teachings. ‘You are part and parcel of God’; ‘the name of God is Krishna’. He went on and on and on…for a long time! And the gentleman was just sitting; he didn’t say anything.
And at the end that man had this same expression: wide eyed, just looking at Srila Prabhupada.
Then Srila Prabhupada stopped and he said, “So… give him some prasadam.”
So the devotee gave him some fruit or something. Srila Prabhupada thanked him for coming and the whole time he hadn’t said anything! And then they let him outside.
After he left Srila Prabhupada turned to the devotees and declared:
“That man was ghostly possessed!”
Srila Prabhupada immediately knew. But still the wonder of it was that he just preached to him. He wasn’t fazed by his condition or anything. He’d been brought in as a guest and Srila Prabhupada treated him as a guest, no matter what his condition was.
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