Volume 2, Chapter 18 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 7:10 a.m. Our water supply is limited again. We each have just enough to wash our faces and brush our teeth. 10:00 a.m. Managed to chant eight rounds before arati. Today I gave the Srimad-Bhagavatam class. 12:40 p.m. Listened to a tape of [...]
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O My Lord, How Can We Get out of This Crazy Place?Volume 2, Chapter 17 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 7:00 a.m. Today is the sixth day of our isolation from the real world. Of course, this is also the real world. According Bhagavad-gita, the material world is a place of misery. We just listened to the news on the radio. They said [...] |
My Dear Lord Krsna Your plan is perfectVolume 2, Chapter 16 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 6:20 a.m. We had only a half cup of water each for taking a bath. I managed only to brush my teeth. We thought about going again to the school to take some water, but the fighting has increased again around there, so [...] |
Dear Lord Nrsimhadeva, Please Remove the Seed of Fear From My HeartVolume 2, Chapter 15 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 6:35 a.m. Last night before falling asleep, I was thinking to myself, “Why did Andrei decide to run to some other place when I ran back to the school, when we saw that Chechen rebel?” If there is any safe place in the [...] |
Bhakta Andrei Leaves His BodyVolume 2, Chapter 14 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 6:00 a.m. Upon awaking I took a bath, applied tilaka, and washed my clothes. It rained heavily all night. One couldn’t distinguish the sounds of thunder and lightning from the artillery and missile attacks all around us. After maìgala-arati we prepared to leave [...] |
They May Come Back and Kill Us for EntertainmentVolume 2, Chapter 13 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s Diary 6:20 a.m. The night was relatively peaceful. Some devotees say that there were a few explosions, but luckily I didn’t hear anything and had a deep sleep. 7:25 a.m. Took a bath and applied my tilaka carefully. Water is limited now, so each [...] |
We Got An Order To Shoot All RussiansVolume 2, Chapter 12 October 21, 1996 Excerpts from Tribunga Sundara’s diary 4:30 a.m. Today I got up late again. Last night I couldn’t fall asleep for a long time, thinking about the future possibilities of our mission in Chechnya. After making calculations yesterday, we came to the conclusion that to distribute one million plates [...] |
The Courage Of The Devotees In ChechnyaVolume 2, Chapter 11 October 20, 1996 I have reserved today, Sunday, for meeting my disciples. I haven’t seen some of them for almost two years. One of the disciples who came was Tribunga Sundara das, who had just returned to Vladivostok from Grozny, the capital of the Republic of Chechnya. Chechnya, officially part of [...] |
Preaching Will Be Our PrasadamVolume 2, Chapter 10 October 19, 1996 We arrived at Vladivostok in the afternoon. This distant outpost on the eastern horizon bears a close resemblance to European Russia. Before visiting here the first time, I had imagined it would look subtropical, being only 600 kilometers from , but on the contrary, Vladivostok is another gray [...] |
Distributing Books before TakeoffVolume 2, Chapter 9 October 18, 1996 Uttama Sloka and I arrived early at Moscow Airport for our flight to Vladivostok, in far eastern . I thought that by arriving early I could ensure a good seat for the 11 hour flight. I was in anxiety, contemplating the long journey in a Russian plane, but [...] |
