Occasionally, I meet some bold fellow, tall, confident, seasoned, Jewish, who strikes a conversation like the one yesterday.
“I have a friend who was with Rajneesh, but you’re not one of those, right? You’re with Krishna?”
“That’s right!” He went on and on in a most jovial way about India and the Beatles. Then he finished with, “You can attain brahman (salvation). Brahman means spirit. Abraham!” He was trying to tie, linguistically, Hindi and Hebrew together, then left the conversati
It was kind for one devotee to stop with his scooter and offer me a lift to go a few metres up to a restricted area. I thanked him for the offer, but declined, as I often do on the road. My ‘no thanks’ was followed by my explanation.
“Our guru, Prabhupada, did not care for such conveyance in Mayapura. He told one of his disciples to sell his scooter right after he purchased it. It was nice and quiet here for a while. Outside of trucks that bring in supplies, people walked or cycled. T
