Madhudvisa : We had a very intimate Janmastami celebration in Tokyo, Japan. In those days, Dai-Nippon was the printer that was printing our books, and they were hosting Prabhupada in a nice house. We all went to Srila Prabhupada's house on Janmastami day because he wanted us to cook a big feast for midnight and read the Krishna Book during the day. Srila Prabhupada started the tradition of reading as much as you could of the Krishna Book on Janmastami. He said, "Read the whole Krishna Book if you can. Read it constantly throughout the day." So we started. I took a turn reading the Krishna book. Tamal Krishna took a turn, and Kirtanananda took a turn. Then Srila Prabhupada said, "Now it is my turn." He took the Krishna Book and started reading. When a person reads something you can tell by their manner and the feeling that they put into the reading if they are really fascinated with it. Srila Prabhupada was reading very feelingly. Later on I said to Prabhupada, "Prabhupada, you were reading the Krishna Book so feelingly." And Prabhupada said, "Yes. I like to read my Krishna Book. It's very entertaining. It's not that because I wrote it, I don't care about reading it anymore. These are Krishna's pastimes, and it's very ecstatic to read the pastimes of Krishna." On that Janmastami day we went on and on reading Krishna Book until midnight. We didn't finish the whole Krishna Book, but we read quite a bit of it.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1
Author: Siddhanta Dasa
Author: Siddhanta Dasa
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