Madhavendra Puri Prabhu and I were at a college trying to engage in
Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's most glorious sankirtan movement by distributing
books. We spent an entire week at this one college and told everyone
that on
Friday we were going to have a class to discuss and try some Bhakti
Yoga.
On the fateful day at least 10 students showed up and enthusiastically
chanted the holy names of Lord Hari and Krishna. Afterward I asked for
everyone's email and sent them a message requesting a reply from those
who
would like to stay in touch.
One person, Tim, expressed interest in learning more.
For the next nine months, Tim and I exchanged messages sharing our
realizations and progress in Krishna Consciousness.
In June the following year, Tim visited a temple for the weekend and
decided
to stay! Since then he's devoted his life to brahmacarya and spreading
the
glories of Lord Hari throughout America.
In a couple of days he is going to be joining our North American
Traveling
Sankirtan Party and I have a feeling he's going to do huge.
I learned from this that a little extra effort of having a meeting,
getting
some emails and staying in touch can go a long way especially when
there is
not a temple nearby. There's no telling how many books Tim will
distribute
or devotees he will make in the future.
Srila Prabhupada Ki-Jaya!
Srila Prabhupada's Transcendental Book Distribution Ki-Jaya!
Nitai- Gaura Premanande Haribol!
Your servant,
Madhukari Dasa
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