FB: Four Angels (posted June 14)

[Amrita Sundari Devi Dasi]

These are the first devotees I met in 1970 on the lawn of the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA. Four sannyasis; Subal Swami, Visnujana Swami, Gargamuni Swami and Brahmananda Swami. I am eternally indebted to them. Gargamuni Prabhu reminisces about that day in his new book: "Gargamoney - Serving Srila Prabhupada 1966-1977"

"One day, a student approached us who was interested and so we asked him to arrange a program in his apartment. We had hardly eaten anything that day and so we told him that we could cook a huge feast. He had gotten a $200 check for his maintenance from his father and so I said, 'Give me that check and I'll buy all the food.' I spent it all on food and then cooked the feast as I had learned by cooking for Srila Prabhupada. At that program, I was the cook, Visnujana performed kirtan, and Brahmananda preached from the Bhagavad Gita. That student later became Indradyumna Swami. He was the first person that we brought to Krsna consciousness after leaving New Vrindavan."

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