Bhrigu's visit - part 2

   

     The next day I came at the same time, around nine. The devotees offered us breakfast: puffed rice with milk, mango and jalebee, and then we went straight to work. I forgot to say that the day before the camera battery ran out of energy and Bhrigu didn’t have a spare one, so we had to wait for it to recharge for a couple of hours. This morning, after maybe half hour we run out of the space on SD card, and when we tried to transfer the pictures to the computer we realized that for some reason it was going to take few hours. Eventually we went to get an extra SD card. I was laughing at Bhrigu for being so professionally prepared for his research.
     In an old suitcase we discovered a big pile of letters from Gaudiya Math in India to the lady who lived in the house and then gave it to the mission, Vinod Vani dasi. The letters dated from 1940 to 1981, so it was a big piece of history, we copied them too.
     Afterwards I was supposed to fold the letters the way they were before, but I convinced Bhrigu that this way they are going to keep better. Bhrigu told me later, then when I left, he was given dressing-down for being lazy and had to fold them anyway.
     We finished quite early. There was an excellent prasadam again. After the meal I was told off softly by Damodar Swami for touching my cloths with the hand I had just eaten with. So Bhrigu was right when he said that in Gaudiya Mission they are very strict about this kind of things. I didn’t believe him before, I thought that it’s just Bhrigu being Bhrigu:)

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     We met again the next day to bid farewell to each other. Gopesh was also there. We tried to get Madhukari, but she works for an employment agency and some job came up, so unfortunately she couldn’t make it.
     We met at the Govinda’s in Soho. Bhrigu graciously paid for our meal, I got sweets for everyone. Then we went to the temple. Bhrigu wanted to buy the Bhagavatam set with commentaries by Viśvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the one I got few days ago. We also went to listen to a class.
     “I’m just curious” said Bhrigu with mischievous smile. But we were pleasantly surprised. The older brahmacari who was talking about Bhagavad-gita spoke very philosophically and deep. At one point he asked a question and  Bhrigu as the only one lifted his hand and answered. After that the lecturer addressed him as “scholarly devotee”:)
     Afterwards three of us sat in Soho Square and talked for maybe two hours. Bit of krsna-katha, bit of prajalpa, it was very cool, funny. I like to spend time with godbrothers. You know, the feeling of being a part of a distinguished club, Swami’s gang, having something that brings us together, the feeling for Guru Maharaja.
     Eventually we said good bye. Bhrigu was going to pick up his stuff from the Gaudiya temple and go to the airport, Gopesh went to work, and I headed to the old factory that is my home these days.