Why spend so much time
Giriraj Swami: Every morning Dr. Patel would walk with Srila Prabhupada along Juhu Beach. Sometimes Srila Prabhupada would call Dr. Patel a Mayavadi, although Dr. Patel would deny it and say that he was a Vaishnava. One morning, Srila Prabhupada criticized some famous Indian Mayavadi sannyasi, and Dr. Patel got so upset that he argued with Srila Prabhupada and chastised Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada argued back, “I’m not saying, Krishna’s saying.” The devotees were very upset, and later Tamal Krishna Goswami asked Srila Prabhupada, “Why do you spend so much time with him?” Srila Prabhupada said, “We have to engage everyone.”
Remembrances by Sidhanta Das – Folio Vedabase
