Maintain spiritual purity in all arrangements while expanding preaching with official cooperation and integrity.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Gurudāsa: ...the drafts Gopāla sent me, Gopāla Kṛṣṇa Prabhu sent me, were uncashable. Prabhupāda: Why? Gurudāsa: Because he sent them first in one man's name who didn't cash them, or was instructed that he shouldn't do that, and he did by mistake. Then he sent them in my name, and he sent them "account payee," and they wouldn't open an account without permission from the Reserve Bank of India. So that would have taken too long. So I've come...
First I went to Calcutta, and I thought... I have the drafts. I thought maybe Gargamuni Swami could give me the lakṣmī, the money. But he didn't want to do it.
So now I'm here. I'm going to get it this morning and go back. I wrote a complete report for you, but I'll tell it to you. As far as the location goes, the location is a little bit off.
I'm not that satisfied with it, but... Prabhupāda: Where is the location? Gurudāsa: It's on what's called Gangadwip. Prabhupāda: Uh? Gurudāsa: It's on a place called Gangadwip. But that's new place. It's an island 1 that just appeared this year, splitting the Ganges in two. You know, Jhusi is here, and Gangadwip is here.
And then the place where we were last year is here. We were here last year, Gangadwip is here, and Jhusi is here. And... But I've been sending out and going out on saṅkīrtana, so that will make up for our location.
It's not so bad, but I want to paint a true picture. It's not so good, nor is it so bad. And there's thirteen tents. We have three bighās of land, sand.
And we've made a tin enclosure all the way around. And we had a Swiss cottage tent for yourself. Swiss cottage means a room about this large, from the end of the almirah to the wall and about this wide. And then a middle room about from here to the wall, and then another small room.