He truly embodied the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu!

Hare Krishna Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupad!! On Saturday May 21, I went on book distribution with His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu,Malini Mathaji, Sri Govinda Dutta Prabhu, Manish Prabhu, Rajaram Prabhu and Gandharvika Mathaji.This was a unique book distribution for all of us. The place were we distributed was also a unique place. We distributin books on Tully Road San Jose at Vietnames stores! Before going out I thought who will accept books at a Vietnames store? First of all they do not know who Krishna is and most of the store workers may not read english and speak proper english. But as the mission went on I saw that my 'hypothesis' was not just a slightly wrong but totally wrong? There were so many people waiting for us to come and give them some spiritual knowledge and some sense in life. There are few incidents which I want to share with you. This amazing event all started out in the temple. Malini Mathaji had planned to go to an apartment in Milpitas. Vaisesika Prabhu on the other hand wanted to go to the vietnamese populated area. After Malini Mathaji and I packed our books we were about to leave. The way in which Malini mataji inspired me to collect the books was very encouraging. She is transcendentally 'greedy' to distribute Srila Prabhupad’s mercy. We then went outside and Vaisesika prabhu was preparing to leave. He suggested that we come with him. We agreed. Somehow Krsna had put us with an exalted devotee to do book distribution. In this incident I realized that Krishna the knower of everyone's innermost desires will satisfy them! Vaisesika Prabhu said that we go find the suitable place to distribute & he would go to sankirtan central and pick up the vietnames books which were carefully translated in Vietnam. We jubilantly started our mission. During our book distribution, we met a Vietnamese couple who ran a pure water business. As soon as we stepped into the store the owner looked at Vaisesika prabhu who folded his hands and bowed. The owner also bowed seeing us. He pointed to his wife and indicated that we talk to her. All around the shop they had pictures of monasteries and Lord Buddha (incarnation of lord Vishnu who taught impersonalism). The lady also bowed to us. Vaisesika Prabhu explained to her who we were, what our mission was. In turn she explained her beliefs. They shared a common understanding with us. We asked about putting books up in her shop and she generously mentioned this whole shop is yours. She amazingly, at the first shot, let us put a smart box in her shop. This women left an impression in my heart and I realized that simply by having an open , simple heart to assist the devotees in their mission to fulfill the orders of Sri guru and Gauranga any soul can make tremendous progress even unknowingly. I also want to share with you an incident in which I realized how the mental concoctions of people can drive the general populous into a dark hole of imagination and speculation. We went to dentistry just next to the bar. There was a man sitting at the dentistry waiting with his son to be treated. Malini Mathaji had already talked with that man and he was not convincable. Then Vaisesika Prabhu came by, the man said that it is already too late because the world is going to end in a few hours because today is Doomsday (someone had actually predicted and made a big propaganda in US saying that world would end on May 21 2011) and I do not have any money and whatever you are doing is being done too late. Then Vaisesika prabhu said 'better late than never'. The man said I do not have any money on me, Vaisesika Prabhu said if it is the end of the world you can sacrifice your car, home & other properties etc because they are going to be taken away anyways::-) The unfortunate speculative soul gave a short laugh and turned his head. Another unexpectable occurance occured.Vaisesika Prabhu unhesitatingly stepped into a bar! Amazing....The air was so heavy with smoke and loud music blasted the room. The intoxicants were beside themselves with sensual enjoyment in the cage of material existence. I could not believe my eyes. Vaisesika Prabhu who was clad in clean sanctified clothes was stepping into a place that smelled, looked and felt like the nastiest place on the earth. He truly embodied the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu! He walked up to the clerk who said how I may help you. I thought to myself, Vaisesika Prabhu is carrying the greatest and most intoxicanting beverage of the nectar in the form of a book in his merciful hands and eagerly giving this to the most fallen souls. There was one person sitting in the darkest corner of the dark room playing video games or whatever it was. He had a cup of cigarettes and a barrel of an intoxicating drink. Vaisesika Prabhu went over and spoke about Bhagavad Gita to that person and finally gave the fortunate man the book and taught him the Maha mantra! He was such a natural that when Vaisesika Prabhu and the man stood up to take picture, Vaisesika Prabhu said 'Hari , Hari ' and the man automatically also said 'Hari , Hari'. I mentally named him 'The fortunate man of the bar'! In the tenth chapter of Bhagavad-Gita (10.36), Krishna says that 'vyavasaayo 'smi' - he is adventure. Store-to-Store is transcendentally adventurous, thrilling and eternally satisfying. It is one of the easiest services that anyone can perform! As Vaisesika Prabhu always says, there are so many fallen souls who are eagerly waiting for someone to come and give them the gift of Krishna consciousness.Please come out with us and celebrate the worlwide effort of BhaktivinkaThakur's 1008 MSF. Please register at http://7thgoswami.com/ and get started. Thank you for reading.. With Gratitude, Ys Poojha Priyadarshini Shanmugasundaram