By Bhaktin Sara Bock
We never can tell what effect Krishna’s name or His books will have on people.
One lady who I work with ended up in the hospital – in a room that happened to have a view of the LA Krishna temple. She had learned some mantras in our meditation class at work, and had visited the temple once when we took a field trip there.
She called from the hospital and asked me to bring her books, music, and Krishna food while she was in the hopsital to cheer her up. Part of me hesitated for fear of work authorities accusing me of “proseletyzing” in a work related situation, but deeply I knew this was too important to pass up! I dropped off some books, music, and of course Krishna cookies.
A week later when returning she told me of her situation – she reads daily Light of the Bhagavata which she loves, and each morning at 5 am, and each night before bed, she closes her hosptial room door, looks out the window at the temple, turns on her “Temple Bhajan Band” music, and chants and dances to lift her spirit.
Hospitals seem to be a very wide open door for sharing Krishna Consciousness with others.
Hare Krishna.