Gender

Male

Birthday:

August 4

Name / Initiated name

Arijit

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

4 or 6

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

This year 2016 I am reading in class XII ( Twelve ), when I was reading in class X ( Ten ) in the year of 2014 I came to Krishna Consciousness Movement at the age of fifteen by one of my Krishna devotee friend named Keshab Chandra Dalal Chowdhury, he is now reading in class XII with me. I was then and also now a rascal, I was looking for my girl friend named Soumi Pal but now I am realizing that she was nothing but a destroyer of mine personally. To speak the truth she gave me very pain and I then cried for her till about one year. I decided to suicide because I was getting too much pain for her. But at that time my friend Keshab appeared before me as an angle. From beginning from when I met with him, I was seeing that he is a devotee of Hare Krishna Society. And one day he gave a Bengali Bhagavad Gita written by His Devine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Probhupada to my friend. After that day in Tuition I asked him to give me a Gita. From childhood I had a little believe in God but I did not know that who God is. So Keshab said to me "you should go to my home there you will get a Bhagavad Gita". At that time I was not prepared to go to his home. I asked two days later but he said same things that "you have to go". So that day I went to his home.In the month of august I went his house. That place was about a 10 minute path by cycle form our house. There we reached at about 5:00 pm. There I saw that he had four familiar who were his perents and his elder sister. His mother named Barada Rohini Devi Mataji is a devotee of ISKCON. There I saw the Deity of Radha-Madhav in a room. That room was very clean and Radha-Madhav was nicely decorated with garlands. In the left side of the deity a binded Nrisimha photo , a Panchatatva Photo and beneath the deity the binded pictures of Six Goswami's and Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaj's ware there. And also other photos and little deities ware there. Keshab's mother was initiated but he, his elder sister and his father ware not but they were practicing devotional life. His elder named Bani Dalal Chowdhury has already initiated in 2016. So, I was feeling very joy to see them. I went to the room and sit there in front of Radha-Madhav deity. Keshab, mother and his elder sister were also sit around me. Keshab read some passage from Namahatta Book about who is a Vishnava and a true deciple of lord, then he came to the point of four regulative priciples and read some more. His elder sister named 'Bani didi' asked to me about my knowledge in spiritual life. At that time I was very fond of Yoga and I told her about meditation, Pranayam, Astanga Yoga. Then she said about lord Caitanya Mahaprobhu that He(Mahaprobhu) told us for chanting the holy name of Krishna as Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. I agreed to her words. Then mother asked me about my family. I gave a little description of my family and also said "my father is a drunkard, he often drinks and come to home at 12 O'clock at night, after that he starts quarrel with my mother and my grandfather often with me and my brother. I have only one brother who is junior of two years than me. I am living a horror life" Then Mataji adviced my to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra Daily and said that by this process that bad situation would also be removed. Then she gave me a bead-bag and said " I from starting my spiritual life am chanting in this bag. I also get the mercy of lord and relized the Krishna by chanting in it. Today I giving you this bag hope you will be respectful upon Krishna and this Japa bag". Then elder sister 'Bani didi'( elder sister si called didi in bengali ) gave me her own Japa Mala and taught me about the chanting. So from that time by the grace of those pure devotees my spiritual life started. Then I came back to home and started to chant the holy name ...........

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

I am living in the district of Bankura. I visited the Raipur ISKCON temple and also visited Mayapur temple when I was too small with my grandmother and my grandfather. I am visiting many many temples by using online. The Name of those devotees whom I know as follow: Srila Probhupada Jayapataka Swami Radha Govind Das Goswami Radhanath Swami Lokanath Swami Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Bhakti Purusattam Swami Bhakti caru Swami Subhag Swami etc. etc. Sachikumar probhu Ananga Mohon Probhu Sankarsan Nitai Probhu Kamalnayan Probhu Jananivas Probhu and his brother Lal Govind Probhu Anupam Nimai Probhu Rasamoyananda Krishna Probhu Kamalapati Probhu Jai Sachinandan Probhu Gopal Probhu Sadananda Harikirtan Probhu Kishora Murlidhar Probhu Krishna Prema Probhu etc. Visakha Mataji Rupamanjari Mataji Padmarani Mataji (For their Kirtan) etc.

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

I was born in a middle class Hindu Family. I do not want to describe about my family because they reprehends devotees and lord. I have already described how I came to this Movement. So after receiving the blessing from those pure devotees I came to home and started chanting kept secret from my family. Then I started to go everyday to Keshab's house. Keshab's mother means also my mother. There I received very calm situation no meat, no intoxication, to gambling and no illicit sex ware there. There I stayed everyday two or three hours to chant and join in service of the lord in the evening. They were very humble in heart. When Mataji came to know that I was born in a Gaila( in bengali Gaila means Cow Protector and a businessman of cow milk) family she became very pleased upon me and said that lord krishna also appeared in such a Gaila or cow protector family, and mataji gave her hand in my head. Almost every day I joined with them in Sandha Arati. I get very pleasure by hearing the Arati and eating prasadam. Almost my day or evening time were spending in their home. So my family becames very anxious about me and very angry about them. I told them to became vegetarian but they thought that Keshab's mother made me a mad. so they wanted to kill or destroy them and forbid me to go near them. I get the association of them for 5 months (August to December) in the year of 2014. I often started quarrel with my family and also fight with father. From then till today I never went to Keshab's house. But I am keeping contact with keshab. After my final exam in march,2015 I leave the house without notify anybody and went to Raipur ISKCON and there I stayed for 6 hours under the Rasamayananda Krishna Probhu and after the evening Prayer Police from Raipur Thana went there and caught me and gave me in the hand of my rascal families. Next day I have to go to local Police Station where my family submitted a complain about Keshab and his family, so kesheb and his family were also present there. Police Inspector insulted them. There Keshab's mother said to me that Lord is situated in everyone's heart and He will save me. If I need He will mercy upon me. It is very painful to me that from that day till now I never met with mataji. She loved me very much. And this is my great bad fortune that for my mad-like work they were insulted and for this I will never forgive myself. The time was then mid-March,2015. After detachment from them my spiritual life went to sleep and Now I have no question about my spiritual life. I have many books of Srila Probhupada but without mercy of devotees I can not progress and now I am in the way of my past sinful life. I have came to a very dangerous condition in my life where I can not leave material desires and can not accept spiritual way. I have a great love of devotees, Krishna Katha, deity but in my present condition I going to forget all affection and love to devotees and krishna. I am praying to krishna but there is no result, even I asked some devotees to pray for me but there is no result. My last decision is to commit suicide because there is no other way. Krishna is not pleased upon me and devotees also not for Keshab but some other devotees I went to associated with them in my locality. They also insulted by my family. Wherever I went my bad fortune came with me. Now I am fully detached from krishna, devotees, and from others spiritual works. I am thinking that I did or now doing a very great offence to pure devotees so that my life is now fully damaged. I have no knowledge about sastras and I do not know how a devotee should be respected. I asked you kindly pray to lord for me. I am a foolish, idiot and rascal soul because where worldwide people are accepting krishna consciousness there I am rejecting this. ( I have more more to say but very lack of English language I would not be able to translate them from bengali. So if I made some mistake kindly forgive me.) Hare Krishna to all devotees.

What are your expectations from this community?

Good Preaching. Save the fallen soul like me.

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

I am now 17 years old. I decided that after crossing 18 years I will go to mayapur for lifetime Bramhachari. If I would be able to live and fulfill my desire so I promise to all devotee and Sri Dham Mayapur that I will engaged my life and soul fully in the service of Guru and Gouranga. Now in my locality I am trying to preach to the people by giving books and Lectures. I had sold four Bhagavad Gita one book of 'Life comes from Life' Bengali. Please give me some mercy so that I can more and more preach to the fallen soul and give them the massage of Srila Probhupada. Hare Krishna