A Corinthian Minister attracted to Bhagavad Gita
Gurusakti dd: Today in Coventry I met Christine. She works as a councillor for Coventry Ciiy Council & is also a Corinthian Minister.
Christine married a Hindu Punjabi gentleman twenty years ago & learnt to speak fluent Hindi & Punjabi. The name Surya was given to her by a pundit shortly after her marriage. Speaking to Christine in Hindi, Punjabi & English felt incredible. I have never experienced speaking to an English person so naturally in both Indian languages. It felt effortless & at the same time so humorous.
Christine chose to take two Bhagavad Gitas. Although she had read it years ago, she had not read Srila Prabhupada’s version & wanted one to keep for herself & another available for others to read. She shared that it is important to understand, acknowledge & accept other people’s faiths. No matter how we perceive God, she said, in his eyes we are all his children.
Christine then shared something often spoken about within the Krishna consciousness movement. She reflected on the unrecorded years of Jesus’ life in the Bible, particularly in his thirties, & the historical accounts suggesting he travelled to India during this time, associating with sages & Vedic wisdom. She also mentioned that Jesus instructed Saint Thomas to travel to Goa, where his presence is still honoured today.
She reflected on the Christian understanding of the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit, & smiled as she drew an analogy with the Vedic tradition, also expressing the Divine through Krishna, Vishnu & Rama. Christine left excited to read more, learn more, & deepen her growth as a minister.
Christina’s parting words endorsed that her intention to read the Bhagavad Gita was not to challenge her faith?but to expand it.
Srila Prabhupada wrote his books not to convert or divide, but to reawaken the soul’s relationship with God. This awakening moves beyond labels & boundaries, reaching straight into the heart. Through encounters like this, the world continues to discover Srila Prabhupada as Krishna’s genius.
Source: https://www.dandavats.com/?p=116918
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