C h a p t e r F o u rt e e n
Here it Is Completely Different
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réla Gour Govinda Swami: Bhägavata däsa and myself were still collecting donations. Then I translated ‘Kåñëa Consciousness, the Topmost Yoga System’; that is the first book I published and it was printed in Calcutta. At that time, we had no press, and we were distributing the book in Bhubaneswar, Puré, wherever. Bhägavata and myself were selling that book. Then Laguòé also came while Bhägavata was there.
I Accepted Him the Same as I Accepted Śrīla Prabhupāda Laguòé däsa arrived in Bhubaneswar in August 1977. He came because an Australian devotee named Sanjayata däsa sent him a letter telling him to leave where he was and come to Bhubaneswar. Laguòé said, “He wrote me a nice letter and introduced me to Gour Govinda Swami. He wrote, ‘He is a nice swami. Here it is completely different; if you come here you will never want to go back to Australia.’ I believed him, and I came. Bhägavata däsa was there, an American devotee. 225
