a schizophrenic, a bank robber, and an opera singer get the mercy

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Dear Prabhus,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

Bh.Ilkka prabhu met a young lady dressed in a punk/Marilyn Manson style.

She turned out to be someone that had experienced a hard life. She said she

had been sexually-exploited for many years, now she had symptoms of

schizophrenia. She has several personalities within her body. Sometimes she

wakes up and finds herself wandering somewhere in the city, other times she

finds herself cutting her hands, although not conscious when she starts the

cutting.

 

Bk Ilkka said, "Am I now speaking with your main original personality?"

 

She said "Yes."

 

She bought a book. Ilkka also preached to her about the influence of subtle

beings and how one can reduce that by chanting the holy names.

 

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While distributing in Helsinki in a rainy October day Caitanyananda

prabhu met a big fellow. The man said, "If you defeat me in arm wrestling I

will buy all of your books." Caitanyananda argued that it was not fair as he

was an old man and besides it was raining, but the man was very persistent.

 

So they started their competition, placing their elbows on a covered

electrical box on the side of the road. They were grinning and

struggling for some time without anything happening, people passing by

had surprised looks on their faces seeing the two men standing in the rain

on the side of the main road of Helsinki locked in arm wrestling.

Although in his fifties, the man turned out to be quite a powerhouse and

finally won.

 

Red faced and breathing heavily the man said he had made several

bank robberies as a young man and spent a total of 16 years in jail. He had

been competing in weight lifting competitions on a national level and being

in jail gave him a good opportunity to continue his training program. One

day in jail he looked to the mirror and asked himself "Am I a thief?" Then,

after getting out, he never stole again and became normal working man.

 

After having a good competition the man was very happy and bought the

teachings of Queen Kunti, giving all the money he had (not much, only 5

euros, so much for the big talk of buying all the books with good laxmi).

Becoming very friendly, he wanted to talk more with Caitanyananda and buy

him a lunch. Caitanyananda escorted him to the train station and helped him

with his luggage before saying goodbye.

 

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There was one opera singer working in an art gallery, she had been

reading our books for several years, and during the last years I sold her

several more books, cd`s and prasadam packets. I gave her invitations to a

minimum of 10 festivals, but she never appeared.

 

At one point in her life she had become interested in astanga yoga and had

been going to the meetings for two months. One day she went to the yoga

center and found that it was closed, she had miscalculated her timing. But,

it turned out that the center was right behind our temple.

 

As she was standing there wondering how she had made such a blunder, a man

walked by and asked, "Yoga? Govinda?"

 

"Well, yes..."

 

"Just follow me."

 

The man led her to the other side of the building where the entrance to our

temple is. She had been wanting to visit our place for years, but she

didn`t know that our temple was just behind the wall of the yoga center,

Krsna's mercy. She bought more books and is getting a taste for prasadam.

 

 

 

Your servant Muniraja dasa

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