Perth’s new Park Harinam program attracts book buyers
This year, ISKCON Perth started a monthly Park Harinam program. Devotees meet up in public parks for a couple of hours and sit down and do harinam. Passers-by are drawn toward the spiritual sounds and join the kirtan – for a few minutes or an hour or so.
A Muslim lady from Lebanon was driving past, taking her kids for their evening play time, when she heard the kirtan. She wanted to find out where the music was coming from, so she parked her car and walked toward our group.
I approached her with flyers about our programs, and we talked. She asked about the music. I showed her some small books. When I learned that she spoke Arabic, I showed her an Arabic “Science of Self Realization. She was happy to see it, briefly studied it, and decided to go for the Science of Self Realization (Arabic) and Chant and Be Happy (English).
It is such an extraordinary feeling to share a book with people from the Arabic world.
A fellow devotee later added that two Sufi followers from Pakistan, who joined in the kirtan, took a couple of English books and gave a generous donation.
All glories to the holy name and to our BBT for supplying Arabic books!
Your aspiring servant,
Soumya
