Chapter 8: A change of Heart, Vrindavan 1973–1974
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- Parikrama with Srila Prabhupada in Vrindavan
- 1973 — A Year of Rising Turmoil
- Bombay and the Second Cross Maidan Pandal
- Yamuna Devi’s Travels Outside of Vrindavan
- The Yuvaraj of Alwar — An Inspiration and Well-Wishing Friend
- The Tamal Tree in the Krishna-Balarama Temple
- “Srimati Radharani Must be Dancing” — Changes in Deity Concepts
- The Deities of the Krishna-Balarama Mandir
- Yamuna’s Journal Notes for the Vrindavan Deities
- An Unusual Role for a Woman
- Yamuna’s Increasing Fear of Displeasing Srila Prabhupada
- Yamuna Begins Serving Srila Prabhupada in Separation
- “You’ve Left Krishna Sitting on the Fence Post” — A Lesson for All Students
- 1974 — Yamuna’s Final Year on the Krishna-Balarama Project
- The Opening of the Krishna-Balarama Temple is Again Delayed
- Yamuna’s Cooking Service for Srila Prabhupada at Raman Reti
- Srila Prabhupada’s Chapati Chastisement
- “This Temple Must be Opened by Janmastami” — An Impossible Task
- To Live and Serve on a Construction Site
- The Krishna-Balarama Temple Does Not Open on Janmastami
- “My Illness is Because the Leaders Are Not Strictly Following”
- Srila Prabhupada’s Instruction’s to Yamuna on Cleanliness — The Black Floor Debacle
- A Lesson on Waste
- The Stapler Story — “You Have Not Cleaned My Rooms Today?”
- Yamuna Leaves Vrindavan but Keeps Vrindavan in Her Heart
- Vrindavan is in Your Heart
- Appreciation of Vrindavan from Yamuna’s Journal
- A Letter Never Sent