WSN October 2024 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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SURPRISE MERCY
It was early in the day, not long after I’d begun my efforts on Auckland’s Queen Street. The street was buzzing with the usual morning energy when I spotted a man with long hair, dressed in pink pants and a matching scarf. He had a carefree, almost ethereal aura—a modern-day hippie, I thought. Unsure of his background, I approached him anyway. We struck up a conversation, and he introduced himself as Manu....
A pleasant surprise
Badarayana Das: “Once, a nice woman and her friend walked up to me at Rockefeller Center in New York with deliberate intention. I had been doing sankirtana there for many years, after legalizing it with much ordeal. She said to me, ‘If you could be anything or anyone in your next lifetime who or what would you be?’ I was struck by the depth of the question and I answered in kind. I then inquired, ‘Why do you ask?’ She replied,...