By Guru Prasad Swami
Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Jagajivan Prabhu was the main person instrumental in opening Peru and Chile. He was a pioneer in some of, especially at that time, the most difficult countries in Latin America; extreme poverty and lack of education amongst the population in general. Even to travel around those areas is a great austerity. In the early and mid-seventies, he would travel by Morales Moralitos; buses full of people who bathed maybe once a month or less, packed in with some animals, sometimes hot, sometimes freezing cold in the passes that reach up to 15,000 feet altitude, with broken windows, winding through endless mountain curves. This was the norm for those who preached in those countries at that time.
I first met Jagajivan Prabhu in New York, and then throughout Latin America, although we usually saw each other in passing. He was always jovial, and took the hardships with pleasure. He helped and served in practically every South American country at some point in time.
Such sacrifices to further the sankirtan movement have endeared him to Srila Prabhupada and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who certainly have reserved a special place for him in Krsna seva. Jagajivan Prabhu ki jaya!
Your servant,
Guru Prasad Swami