1965 Butler, PA – Srila Prabhupada explains how he received the title Swami Jesus
July 8, 2016 in Yasoda nandana Dasa by Yasoda nandana dasa
Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa
(Srila Prabhupada and Sally Agarwal’s son, Brij.)
“I am obliged to your good daughter for awarding me a good degree as SWAMI JESUS which is actually a great honour for me. Some time the Lord speaks through innocent child and I take this honour as sent by Lord Jesus through an innocent child free from all formalities of the current society. Lord Jesus preached the message of God and I have taken up the same mission, and it would be a good luck for me if I can follow the foot prints of Lord Jesus who preached the message of God in spite of all persecution. Lord Jesus is a living example how one has to suffer in this material world simply for the matter of preaching the message of God.”
(Srila Prabhupada letter to “My dear daughter Sally,” New York, November 19, 1965)
“One time something happened with our little girl, Kamala, who was only three years old. I used to take her to Sunday school, and she learned about Jesus in Sunday school. Then when she would see Swamiji with his robes on and everything, she called him Swami Jesus. And this one time when it first dawned on us what she was saying, she called him Swami Jesus, and Swami smiled and said, ‘And a little child shall lead them.'”
(Sally Agarwal, Back to Godhead magazine, 1978)
