 | On another occasion Janardana took us to a large church which I recall was somewhere on the outskirts of Montreal. This cathedral had a long walkway, very wide, with many steps leading up to its entrance. To the left side of this walkway was a separate building and in this was housed a monument and museum to a famous saint and hero. I don't know the name of this church. Perhaps someone in Montreal can volunteer this information, as I believe it was a very famous place that Janardana took us to. Srila Prabhupada and I went into the museum monument and began to walk around and see the exhibits. Apparently, the man had been a famous saint and hero and had healed the physical sufferings of many, many people. I found it very strange there. It was a wax museum, showing the very life-like images of the man in his healing work, and it had many of his former belongings, in particular I recall a glass eye-ball being shown and this left me somewhat jarred and confused. I really didn't understand who the man was or why he was enshrined in this way. Janardana explained to Srila Prabhupada in detail about the history of the hero and what he had done to achieve such recognition. However, I remember my feeling of bewilderment over the museum of artifacts and a certain uncomfortable feeling that left me confused. As usual, I turned to Srila Prabhupada to find out his reaction. I always liked to hear his opinion of things that we saw as it gave me a correct window to view things through. His view was always clear and precise. Srila Prabhupada was clearly unimpressed. He sat flatly: "Why they are making so much importance over the healing of the body. This is not very important. More important is the soul. His real work should have been how to heal the soul. Our work is to heal the soul from its forgetfulness of Krsna. This is the important work". He shook his head as if it was all a frivolous folly as we left from that wax museum. Thank you, Srila Prabhupada for penetrating my confusion. You always got to the heart of things; you cut through to the truth and let everyone know it, even if they didn't like to hear it. Others may be impressed by material accomplishments but you were impressed only by Krsna-accomplishments - how much we remember and serve Krsna. Please, Srila Prabhupada protect me from the distractions of life in this world and the confusions that arise and help me always remember what is important and what is not important, what is to be done and what is not to be done, and guide me on my pathway to Krsna. Thank you, Srila Prabhupada.Thank you, Srila Prabhupada.
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