A book transforms one

Krishna Das and I invited two young guys who bought a book to the temple of Villa Vrndavana. They came, stayed a while, and then we left in a week.

After a year, we went back to the Villa with a group to do harinamas. I went to the dining room to eat prasadam and sat down with the Italian devotees. I saw a devotee, and his face looked familiar to me.

I asked, “Do I know you?”

He replied, “Did you forget me? You came last year, you distributed a book to us and I stayed here.”

He began to follow the principles, chant the mantra, go to the morning program.

The story goes on.

Recently, I again met him in Mayapur with a group of sankirtana devotees from Bulgaria. (He is from Bulgaria, and his guru, Kadamba Kanana Swami, in Villa Vrindavan asked him to join them in Mayapur.)

He ran up to me while I was honoring prasadam and asked me, “Prabhu, do you recognize me?”

I said, “No, I’m sorry.” Because he was already shaved-up and in saffron cloth. He became so bright, but before that he was a hippy with long hair. Now he’s a “happy” Hare Krsna!

Sankirtana-yajna, ki jai!

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