"Time For Some LSD"

7/4/06

The raj-bhoga cook at Krishna Balaram Mandir is a devotee by the name of Bhubaneshwar Prabhu. Bhubaneshwar Prabhu is a Prabhupada disciple, who for some reason or another (I wouldn’t have taken a liking to us) has taken a liking to us, and we have been to his room several times. He always has given us maha-prashad sweets, and he even made the dried fruit Amul brought into a sweet the very next day. We have also read Krishna book with him in his room, the story of King Shalva attacking Dwarka with his mystical airplane and dropping rocks and boulders on the city (It’s a good story, I would give it a read). Well today, he invited us into his room for lunch. Damodar and I went and picked up the Prasad with him (5 subjis, 2 rice preps.., dal, 3 or 4 sweets, chapattis, raita, pakora, and I think that’s about it, but I’m probably forgetting something) from the room right next to the altar. In Vrindavan, they offer 6 raj bhoga plates, and the Prasad for the three of us, came from one plate. In his room we divided it into three plates, and began to honor the prashad. Every single item was absolutely amazing, and on top of that, we were all stuffed when we finished. After we cleaned up, Bhubaneshwar prabhu told us that it was, “Time for some LSD.” After some confusing stares, he added, “left side down.” What I haven’t mentioned that it was extremely hot. The difference between heat in Vrindavan, and heat in America is staggering. In Vrindavan, when it gets hot, it is hot and humid all the time. Stepping outside is literally like stepping into an oven. And after eating so much, you could say sleep was something we were thinking about. This probably isn’t too significant to you, but to us, it was pretty funny. Classes start tomorrow, so I probably won’t write as much as I have been.

Chaitanya