How one devotee was saved.
Ramesvara dasa ACBSP: I had just turned 19 and was a student at Reed College. Sriman Locana Prabhu was the temple president of the Portland Yatra and would lead the devotees everyday on Harer Nama Sankirtan chanting all over the City. Krsna led me to him by the sound of those Kartals and I started joining his Kirtan party 3-4 days per week. His preaching and the transcendental knowledge he imparted in answering my questions culminated in my falling in prostrated obeisances on the City street, crying while holding his lotus feet, sobbingly murmuring “You’ve save me, you’ve saved me”! I moved into the temple after quitting college that very evening. As loud as I can boardcast – LOCANA PRABHU SAVED ME and made me a devotee – I am his eternal loving friend and adoring servant, Ramesvara dasa. (In the photo Locana Prabhu with Srila Prabhupada)