From time immemorial in India the son of a dead man goes to Gaya and, at a Visnu temple there, offers oblations for the benefit of his ghostly father. It is the duty of family members, especially the son, to offer oblations to the demigod Aryama or to Lord Visnu. This ghostly position is very painful because a ghost has intelligence, mind and ego and wants to enjoy material life, but because he doesn’t have a gross material body, he can only create disturbances for want of material satisfaction. Those who live in such subtle bodies are called ghosts. Those who are very sinful and attached to their family, house, village or country do not receive a gross body made of material elements but remain in a subtle body, composed of mind, ego and intelligence. When there is Hare Krsna chanting, these ghostly, demonic living entities, they’ll not be able to stay there. So they complained, “Sir, here is ghost.” So I advised them to chant Hare Krsna, and the ghost went away. So there was a ghost in… It was a big plot. There was… And, say, in 1969 I was guest in the house of John Lennon in London. So I could understand, but I would chant Hare Krsna, and I was saved. He was living in several spots, especially on the gate side. And I was… All the servants, they complained, “Sir, there is ghost.” So I was chanting. I took it at two hundred rupees, (laughter) and very big house. So there was one house, very big house, worth thousands of rupees’ rent, but it was ghostly haunted. In my household life, I was doing business in Lucknow. In my life there was several incidences like that. I know that the ghost, if you go in a house ghostly haunted, if you chant Hare Krsna mantra, they’ll go away. Ghosts are always very bad elements, always creating a fearful situation for others. When a man dies, he is called dead, but when he again appears in a subtle form not visible to our present vision and yet acts, such a dead body is called a ghost. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | Full size image 98 Ghosts and Spirits Are Real!
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