Gender

Male

Location

Isle of Wight

Birthday:

May 20

Name / Initiated name

Martin

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

1-16 depending on circumstances

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

Possibly late-2023 after contacting ISKCON London in 2023. I was telephoned by a devotee from ISKCON Reading and it took off from there. Also through reading numerous of Srila Prabhupada's books. I have been aware of the movement for many years.

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

London Radha-Krsna Temple Pratapamaya Nitai dasa Ekalesvara Nitai dasa Various non-initiated devotees through the current Bhakti Vriksha course begin run by the above ISKCON Reading devotees

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

Later-life seeker of the Absolute Truth. Keen reader of elevating spiritual works.

What are your expectations from this community?

To understand perspectives of, and learn from, other devotees, from the neophyte to the highly experienced and developed.

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

To devotees: encouragement to read Srila Prabhupada's books. Perhaps also, as a mature person, my perspective on the value of spiritual life above material life, in light of my own experiences and mistakes. To Lord Krsna: difficult to say what I have to offer at this stage. Perhaps if I were more developed I'd have an answer. Maybe my service to devotees, as expressed above, is a service to the Lord, ultimately.