{"id":3603,"date":"2007-05-29T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T16:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2007-07-11T09:34:04","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T08:34:04","slug":"rathayatra-makes-devotees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"Rathayatra makes devotees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ian Somerville<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" ><em>Submitted by Sunanda das, Baltimore ISKCON<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p> Hello, my name is Ian Somerville. I am a devoted young man in search of true enlightenment. Throughout the course of my life I have personally studied and practiced many world religions. But the one that ignited that withered flame was Krishna consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>During my spiritual journey I have read many religious texts, but none can compare to the Bhagavad Gita. This book is not a Shakesperean playwright or a book of dreamy poetry, but a book in which Krishna, the supreme being, god of all gods, truly shows us how we can gain a life of spiritual perfection. Within the boundaries he has set in place for us He shows how to separate our material and spiritual worlds. Without a spiritual world, there can be no material world.<\/p>\n<p>Let me give you a brief tour into a recent miraculous event that occurred for me. Recently, I had checked out a copy of Bhagavad Gita from the library. Following that I prayed &#8216;God, please give me a sign that this is the path I should pursue&#8217;. Two days later I happened to be walking down the Baltimore Inner Harbor and as I turned around I saw a sign that read, &#8216;Festival of India&#8217;. So I walked to the event, turned around, and before my two eyes I saw the sign, &#8216;Bhagavad Gita&#8217;! My prayers were answered almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who has grown up has to find an identity, not only that but a personal faith. May Krishna bless all.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t ever forget to chant:<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rat2007.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Ian Somerville<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Let me give you a brief tour into a recent miraculous event that occurred for me. Recently, I had checked out a copy of Bhagavad Gita from the library. Following that I prayed &#8216;God, please give me a sign that this is the path I should pursue&#8217;.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-distribution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}