Bhagavad-gita as it isn’t
I’m visiting the relatively new Rohini temple in New Delhi, and I asked Sukha Priya Dasa, the temple commander, how he joined.
While in college, he had to write a paper on the Bhagavad-gita. So he read two versions — by Dr Radhakrishnan and Gandhi – and because of reading them, he became an atheist.
Then he started working in France and Germany as an engineer. He met another worker who followed the “Bhagavad-gita As It Is,” and they would have conversations about the Gita. He would always be defeated by the devotee.
Finally he became submissive and asked, “What is death?” The devotee spoke with him on this subject for six hours.
Then he asked the devotee, “What should I do?”
The devotee suggested that he start by chanting eight rounds a day. He did. And eventually he joined the temple in Rohini.
Now he’s the temple commander of the beautiful temple. All glories to the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and down with the Bhagavad-gita as it isn’t.
Your servant,
Vijaya Dasa
