Battlefield Bhajans: Experiences of a Hare Krishna in Iraq
Experiences of a Hare Krishna in Iraq

A military man

July 9th, 2008 by Partha-sarathi dasa

The other day I was reading the ‘Trascendental Diary’ and I came to this
passage about a conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Praghosa Prabhu: 
(Praghosa Prabhu is telling to Srila Prabhupada about a soldier who bought some
books) “Prabhupada,” Praghoss said, “this boy was particularly nice, and he
asked me if it was possible for him to remain a soldier and still be Krsna
conscious.” “Accha,” Prabhupada said, stopping for a moment, “So what did you
answer?”  “Well, Prabhupada, I told him that the Bhagavad -gita was spoken to a
soldier. And it was actually meant for the warrior class, and that yes, he
definitely could be a soldier, Arjuna was a soldier.”   Prabhupada nodded and
in a relax fashion began to walk on, “You have answered right. That is our
philosophy. Yes, this is a fact. Arjuna was a soldier, he was a military man.”

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