Frankie from El Salvador 🇸🇻
I said: "Hey that's my favorite color." He stopped and smiled. He said "I see that." I asked him "you must be a monk already, do you meditate?" He replied: “everyday! I also like to read ALOT." I told him I had a special meditation set of books. He saw the books and said "this must cost hundreds of dollars 💵." I replied that we just humbly ask for a donation to cover the printing which is only $50. He then replied, "This is unreal! This was meant to be. Right now my bank account is $-60 and my credit card is $-800, but I just came from D.C. where I was visiting my mother and she gave me $50 cash! She told me: ‘Frankie I'm giving you this money, just please don't spend it on weed, you've been sober for 6 days.’ As I got off the train I was just thinking man I might just buy some weed with this money. But now that I ran into you guys I'm feeling like I don't need that and these books will be much more helpful." He happily gave the $50.
💥Gopal Champu prabhu distributes a “Saptarishi” set! {7 maha big books in one shot} Srila Prabhupada ki jay! 🌺
Good choice Frankie! It made me think of Bhagavad Gita 2.59
viṣayā vinivartante
nirāhārasya dehinaḥ
rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya
paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate
"Though the embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness."
Just for a moment he was feeling something unexplainable in the presence of the Harinam and holding Srila Prabhupada's books. So much so that he gave all the money that he had on him.