Stories
At Santa Monica college a nice lady greeted me and asked if I was there for "Career Day." I said no, thank you, I was probably not on her list. I set up my book table about twenty feet away from where I usually would. My usual spot was filled with tables representing the Army, Navy, Police Dept., Fire Dept., Nurses, Teachers, National Guard, Sony Studios, etc.
I was overwhelmed because they were everywhere but I was glad I had a lot of BTG's with me which had pictures of devotees doing Harinama sankirtana. A nice flow of kids kept coming to my table and I distributed the books and got donations for them easily. They asked if this was a career. I said, sure, and I showed them the Harinama pictures. I said, "We are offering for you to become a Hare Krishna monk." They loved it. I told them about kirtan and following the four regulative principles. So Prabhupada's mercy was available on Career Day.
One older professor came by and pointed at my pictures of the Harinama and said, "I get kids all the time now who come here and they don't even have basic English skills. Society is going to hell. I say they should all do this. It would be the very best thing for them!" He started repeating this to the kids who were at the table, that they should take this up. He had met Srila Prabhupada in Haight Ashbury in the sixties.
At another school I met a Yoga professor who apologized to me as soon as he came to my temple. "I am sorry, you know, I teach yoga here but I can never teach them anything spiritual because I am a part of the Physical Education Dept. I'm so glad you are here doing this." He bought a book. He said he eats at Govinda's.
A Communications professor told me that she is a regular at Govinda's. Jaya! All glories to Govinda's! I often meet people who appreciate their book because they see it as being connected with Govinda's.
Your Servant,
Karuna Dharini Devi dasi
