Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 13
Dedicated to HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Since the end of this deployment is near, the time of family issues usually come out now. While most are happy to be going home, others are scared. Their marriages have drifted apart and they are finding it hard to accept the realities that await them on the home front. One on my soldiers, came and found me the other night in hysteria. He was crying and explained to me that he was thinking of killing himself and handed me his weapon and ammunition. I immediately finished what I was doing and took him to the ashram and talked with him. He explained the situation and I told him to sit and I will put on some music, I gave him some maha water, maha fruits and nuts from the morning offering. I sat and listened as the man poured his heart out. I couldn't help but feel for him, that here he is in this difficult situation, in Iraq, alone and he is suffering because he never experienced the joy of devotional service or the chanting of the Maha Mantra Eventually we took him to speak with the chaplain, and I waited for him until very late. The next day, he came by and thanked me. He said hearing this chanting and taking the food I gave him, calmed him down. And afterwards when he was feeling a little sad, he would say what he heard in my room; Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. He is doing much better thanks to the facilities that we arranged for him. I think it is because he came in contact with the Holy Name. I saw him today and he was smiling and happy.
"My dears King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcedental kingdom." Sukadeva Gosvami instructs Maharaja Pariksit
Are there any explosives in there?
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