Nice lady named Genesis originally from the Dominican Republic. She had a big smile on her face while she was watching the Harinam and listening to the nice kirtan by HH Kadamba Kanana swami and appreciating the ladies dancing as well. I asked her if she meditates and she said yes every day! She was telling me that she enjoys practicing some Buddhist chanting meditation and goes to a Buddhist temple in Brooklyn regularly where they do some chanting circles together on Thursdays. I told her that’s amazing and explained what we’re doing is chanting the “Hare Krishna” Maha mantra, Maha means great, Man means mind and tra means to control. I told her that by hearing the sound vibration we get purified of all material desires gradually and awaken pure love of God within our hearts. She was very interested in learning more about the chanting and the philosophy so I showed her our set and she was happy to buy it. Before she left I introduced her to Sukanti Gaurangi mataji from the Brooklyn Radha Govinda temple so they’re going to keep in touch and she will visit the temple for a Sunday feast program soon.
