A change of heart and unexpected action
After another busy week at work, I was relaxing after a community program at Bhakti Lounge and looking forward to heading home for some rest and recuperation. Just as I was about to leave, Rudra Rama Pandita Prabhu approached me and asked whether I was free to help transport some books. My mind immediately rejected the idea. But as Rudra explained, Vrindavan Madhurya and Bhakta Tom were running out of books on the South Island. Lord...
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...
Perfectly arranged by Krishna
We hired a gardener for a job at our home in Perth. His job was to help our plants get some nutrition. I offered to be his assistant, for which he offered us a small discount. James arrived on the scheduled day, and I put on my gardening hat and was out on the earth. As we worked, laying down heaps of soil conditioner and mulch, my laptop played some nice kirtans. James commented, “This music is really nice. It is very...
Kids doing sets in Sunnyvale
On Dec. 9th, we had the wonderful association of Vaisesika Prabhu, who took part in our kids' door-to-door sankirtana in Sunnyvale. He gave a class in the temple, and right after that he went to the Navadveep pre-school to attend its inauguration in a new location. He gave a short talk to the parents, watched a kids' program, talked to teachers, visited the school, and had breakfast with the board members. Right after that, he...
Another CC set goes out in Santa Cruz
On January 2nd, I joined Madhava Govinda Prabhu for book distribution in downtown Santa Cruz. He would call people over to our book stall, and then we would explain the books to them. He made jokes and started the conversations and let me explain some of the books. On one occasion, he was engaged with someone else and a man came over to the book stall out of his own interest and started examining the books. I then came over to the...
Jesus got a gita
During the late end of this year's marathon, when I was in Palmerston North, I had an interesting day. All day I was meditating on a poem by Srila Prabhupada. One particular verse had my attention: “I know that Your causeless mercy can make everything possible, because You are the most expert mystic.” With this is mind, I found myself walking down a quiet street. Realizing it was dead, I turned around and walked...
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