Prabhupada visited his personal garden for a couple of hours after his afternoon nap. It is small, but very beautiful, adorned with a fountain and colorful shrubs, flowers and vines. The devotees have created a comfortable seat for him beneath a bower, flanking his spacious, white-sheeted asana with beautiful potted tulasi trees. For two and a half hours he relaxed, although wrapped in his cadar due to an afternoon chill, and willingly answered questions from the devotees and guests, who sat on wooden folding chairs or at his feet on straw mats laid out on the grass. One visitor was a middle-aged man with a doctorate degree, named Eugene Stansky, formerly a Roman Catholic priest for twenty-three years. He gave up the priesthood a few years ago in a continuing search to understand seriously who God is. Prabhupada preached to him for a long time. He seemed to hear sincerely and went away very impressed. Another visitor was Dr. Wolf, the German academic friend of Svarupa Damodara and long-time correspondent to Srila Prabhupada. He has just returned from Atlanta because Srila Prabhupada is not going to visit there. Happy to see him, Prabhupada greeted him warmly. Dr. Wolf brought with him a letter from Svarupa Damodara suggesting that if Prabhupada is not going to visit Atlanta Svarupa Damodara could come New York to discuss the book he and the other scientists are working on. Prabhupada wrote back that it would be a good idea. The devotees presented Srila Prabhupada two awards which the BBT has received for the Srimad-Bhagavatam and the Sri Caitanya-caritamrita. The Printing Industries of Metropolitan New York have awarded Certificates of Excellence in the form of plaques for the layout and quality of these publications. Prabhupada was very pleased.
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 2 by Hari Sauri Dasa
