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You Do Not Know The Process!
While Prabhupada and the devotees were walking on the beach in California, a large Doberman pinscher approached them, snarling and baring his teeth. Prabhupada continued walking peacefully, but Nanda-kumara stopped and tensely faced the dog. This challenge only provoked the dog into more threatening and growling until Nanda-kumara turned and ran to catch up to Prabhupada. As soon as he ran, the Doberman pinscher pursued him, barking and threatening to attack. Before the dog reached them, however, Prabhupada suddenly turned. He crouched with his feet somewhat apart, raised his cane high over his head, gave a loud “Hut!” — and made a growling sound at the dog. At this display from Prabhupada, the dog turned and retreated quickly back to its house.
Months later, Nanda-kumara recalled Srila Prabhupada’s method and tried it on a large monkey in Jaipur. While Srila Prabhupada was staying at the Radha-Govinda temple in Jaipur, he and his party were being harassed by the monkeys there, who stole food and clothes. While the devotees were cooking, these monkeys would drop from the trees and steal capatis off the stove. Prabhupada had advised the devotees to take a neutral attitude toward the monkeys’ mischief, but one time, while with the devotees in Prabhupada’s room, Nanda-kumara heard a monkey rattling the kitchen door. He suddenly remembered the technique Prabhupada had used on the beach with the large Doberman pinscher and he decided to try it with the thieving monkey. Quietly excusing himself from the room, he picked up a club outside Prabhupada’s door and walked toward a large monkey, who was just opening the kitchen door. Nanda-kumara raised the club over his head, crouched, and growled. The monkey, who had noticeably big biceps, growled back, bared his teeth, and advanced toward him. Nandakumara turned and ran back into Prabhupada’s room, slamming the door behind him. Prabhupada had seen the whole incident through the window and burst out laughing. “You do not know the process.”
Months later, Nanda-kumara recalled Srila Prabhupada’s method and tried it on a large monkey in Jaipur. While Srila Prabhupada was staying at the Radha-Govinda temple in Jaipur, he and his party were being harassed by the monkeys there, who stole food and clothes. While the devotees were cooking, these monkeys would drop from the trees and steal capatis off the stove. Prabhupada had advised the devotees to take a neutral attitude toward the monkeys’ mischief, but one time, while with the devotees in Prabhupada’s room, Nanda-kumara heard a monkey rattling the kitchen door. He suddenly remembered the technique Prabhupada had used on the beach with the large Doberman pinscher and he decided to try it with the thieving monkey. Quietly excusing himself from the room, he picked up a club outside Prabhupada’s door and walked toward a large monkey, who was just opening the kitchen door. Nanda-kumara raised the club over his head, crouched, and growled. The monkey, who had noticeably big biceps, growled back, bared his teeth, and advanced toward him. Nandakumara turned and ran back into Prabhupada’s room, slamming the door behind him. Prabhupada had seen the whole incident through the window and burst out laughing. “You do not know the process.”
(From Srila Prabhupada Nectar 2-2)
