By Madhava Smulen
Since 2016, when it was launched as an offering to Srila Prabhupada for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary, the Fortunate People project has seen devotees film people chant the Hare Krishna mantra for the first time “for love and peace.”
The inspiration comes from a 1973 Srimad-Bhagavatam class by Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles: “We are requesting everyone, ‘Please chant, chant, chant.’ And they are replying, ‘Can’t, can’t.’ This is their misfortune. So still it is our duty to mak