I'd shown the Bhagavatam to a colleague during one of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's anniversaries in 2014.
She appreciated it very much, and after looking at the volumes, she said she'd get back to me. But somehow I never asked her again.
Recently, we were discussing one of our company's clients, CERN, a European organization where the www (world wide web) was invented. CERN does research to find out how the universe was created and how creation began. They have the world's largest, most powerful particle accelerator, which collides protons at close to the speed of light. The discussion was very interesting, and engineers were excited about their visit to CERN labs. Everyone was in awe of CERN's research and achievements, and I acknowledged this as well.
After the discussion, I could not stop myself mentioning to my colleague that the Bhagavatam explains how creation takes place and why it takes place; it discusses the nature of atoms, layers of the universe and their thickness. The scientists might be able to find out to some extent, but why not hear the complete story from the creator Himself? Srila Vyasadeva is an expansion of the Lord, hence SB has knowledge that is authentic and complete.
My colleague said, "I have been thinking about your Bhagavatam, and I want to take it soon."
It was BVT's disappearance day last week, and it was Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's mercy that she felt inspired to take the SB. The set was delivered to her soon after that.
Param Vijayate Sri Krishna Sankirtanam!
Thank you so much.
Your servant,
Kamesvari-devi Dasi
ISV (ISKCON of Silicon VAlley)
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