{"id":101070,"date":"2022-07-29T11:58:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=101070"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:58:19","slug":"you-just-carry-the-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=101070","title":{"rendered":"You just carry the books!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

\n I approached my temple authority, saying, “Aditya Rupaka Prabhu, can I do another service today? I think that today isn’t really my day for sankirtan.”<\/p>\n

\n He didn’t accept my argument, and he responded, “You just carry the books.”<\/p>\n

\n “But Aditya Rupaka, I have no inspiration to talk to people.”<\/p>\n

\n “Don’t talk, just carry the books. Say to yourself, ‘OK. Today I am just a carrier.'”<\/p>\n

\n As soon as I left the temple, I got the idea to walk to a park, sit there and read, maybe even nap, and then return to the temple for lunch. I had no desire to look at people, so I bowed my head and walked towards the park, carrying books in my arm.<\/p>\n

\n After fifty meters, a man approached me and asked, “What kind of books do you have, boy?”<\/p>\n

\n I just reluctantly mumbled something, but he stopped me and said, “Wait, let me see.” He asked about the price of each book.<\/p>\n

\n Without looking at him or the books, I replied, “Give me as much you like.”<\/p>\n

\n Very soon, another person approached me and the same situation replayed. In this mysterious way, the mood and inspiration were awakened, and sankirtan was ecstatic.<\/p>\n

\n Devotees’ mercy, ki jaya!<\/p>\n

\n Your Servant,
\n Nitaidaya Dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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