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video: Jagannatha Swami ~ Gaurangi Devi Dasi
Prabhupada, Los Angeles, November 29, 1968: […] In India these Britishers created feelings between Hindus and Muslims, but otherwise the Hindus and Muslims are living since eight centuries. So in the village they lived peacefully, and the Hindus call the Muslims ”caca”, and the Muslim call the Hindu… In this way they make some friendly relationship. There was no ill feeling.
Even they will invite, the Hindus will invite. In our childhood we have seen, in marriage ceremony or in some religious ceremony also, some Muslim friends were invited, and they were received. Similarly Muslims also invite some Hindus. They’ll make separate…
My father, he used to be guest of a Muslim gentleman. He was his customer. So he used to make separate arrangement my father, a brahmana attendant, supplying all foodstuff. So there was no… And he was coming to our house, so he, accompanied with his servant Muslims, we used to supply foodstuff.
They were cooking in their own way. Of course, no meat was allowed, but there were friendship. And while departing, he would give us some money, four rupees, five rupees, in the hands of all our brothers and sisters and offer respect to my mother as “Auntie.” These feelings were there. This ill feeling was created by the Britishers.
When they saw that Gandhi is improving the Hindu-Muslim situation, they created a, what is called, a split. Anyway, that is political. So this Chand Kazi informed Caitanya Mahaprabhu, “Nimai, I call Your grandfather, Your mother’s father, as my caca, as my uncle. So in that way Your mother is my sister according to our village relationship, and You are my nephew. So how is that a nephew is so much angry upon his uncle? Is it not good?”
So Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that he has come down. He has now become uncle. So He said, “Yes, My dear uncle, I know that. It is not My duty to be angry with you, but how is that, I am your nephew, I have come to your home, and you went upstairs, you did not receive Me? Anyway, what is done is done, forget.”
So then they sat down and talked. Full Lecture
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