{"id":11070,"date":"2012-12-04T05:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T04:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11070"},"modified":"2012-12-04T05:50:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T04:50:39","slug":"vraj-mandala-padayatra-kartik-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11070","title":{"rendered":"Vraj Mandala Padayatra Kartik 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Parasuram das<\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes the Vrajabasis (residents of the Holy Dham) different from others.
\n1.They love prasad.
\n2.They love Kirtan.
\n3.They love to joke.
\n4.Of course they love Radha and Krishna.<\/p>\n

For preaching in Vraj there are a few great advantages,such as the Vrajabasis love to read. As soon as you distribute a book, the person will sit down and start reading. And one book could be read by up to 15 people.It gets dark in Vraj by 6pm and if there is electricity,it may not come on till 9pm.This is a great advantage because rather than sit in the dark, everyone will come to the program which consists of Kirtan and cinema. For us the real thing that sets the Vrajabasis apart is their super rotis ( flat bread), hot milk and butter milk and how they are so generous to give you some.<\/p>\n

Our book score this year was 41,000 small books and 30 Bhagavad Gitas.<\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupada told Tribhuvanath prabhu (his birthday is today) that there are two things that stop us going back to Godhead.
\n1. To think we are qualified to go back and
\n2. To think we are unqualified\/unable to go back to Godhead.
\nFor me preaching in Vraj gives me hope, going back to Krishna is very very difficult in one life time but there is a real hope, a chance of getting there by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.
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