“When I first went to the temple as a guest the devotees from Canada would always ask me, ‘When are you going to surrender?’ I would say, ‘I am an American. We don’t surrender. Surrender is for weak people. When people are strong they don’t surrender.’ The temple president said, ‘You are a fool. You are surrendered to so many things. You are surrendered to your family, your job, your friends your country.’ Even those of us that were part of the counter-culture had to surrender to the call of nature. We had to surrender to the urge to speak the urges of the mind, the urge of anger, the urge of the tongue, belly and genitals. And when any of those six knock on the door we must surrender. So, the devotees told me, ‘You are already surrendered. Now you just have to decide to whom you are going to surrender. Who has true value for you to surrender to?’ And they explained to me that it was Krishna.” —Rtadvaja Swami
Giriraj Swami Kirtan, Houston
Giriraj Swami Talk, Houston
Rtadvaja Swami Talk, Houston
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