{"id":48306,"date":"2017-07-07T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/162706280911"},"modified":"2017-07-07T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:53:05","slug":"why-an-isopanisad-went-out-to-a-young-man-i-heard-this-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=48306","title":{"rendered":"Why an Isopanisad went out to a young man. I heard this nice…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why an Isopanisad went out to a young man. I heard this nice story from Sutapa Prabhu (Bhaktivedanta Manor).
\n-Vijaya
\nBhakta Ruben approached four young men and offered them an Isopanisad. They all returned the book except for one of them, who said he\u2019d give a donation.
\nAs he looked in his wallet, Ruben looked on and saw a piece of paper that had the word \u201cIsopanisad\u201d written on it.
\nRuben said, \u201cLook at the name on the piece of paper and look at the title of the book.\u201d
\nThe young man said, “Wow! It\u2019s the same name.\u201d
\nRuben asked him, \u201cWhy do you have the name of this book in your wallet?\u201c
\nHe responded, \u201cA few weeks ago I was with some friends at a shop in Amsterdam when I saw a monk. I walked over to talk to him, and during our conversation, he suggested I read this book. So I asked him to write it down. This is what he wrote, and now you\u2019re offering it to me. That\u2019s amazing.\u201d
\nHe enthusiastically gave a donation in anticipation of reading the book he was looking for.
\nBhakta Ruben then said to him, \u201cYou see, there is a God.\u201d
\nTo which he responded, \u201cYes, I think you\u2019re right.\u201d
\n* * *
\nMy comment: Srila Prabhupada says in a purport that \u201cas one engages in devotional service, one enters into the mysterious region of transcendence.\u201c This is especially true about the service of book distribution. Again and again, we hear of experiences that aren\u2019t just coincidences. Krsna\u2019s hand is involved, and it\u2019s nice to see Him in this way.
\nVijaya Dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Why an Isopanisad went out to a young man. I heard this nice story from Sutapa Prabhu (Bhaktivedanta Manor).
\n-Vijaya
\nBhakta Ruben approached four young men and offered them an Isopanisad. They all returned the book except for one of them, who said he’d give a donation.
\nAs he looked in his wallet, Ruben looked on and saw a piece of paper that had the word “Isopanisad” written on it.
\nRuben said, “Look at the name on the piece of paper and look at the title of the book.”
\nThe young man said, “Wow! It’s the same name.”
\nRuben asked him, “Why do you have the name of this book in your wallet?“
\nHe responded, “A few weeks ago I was with some friends at a shop in Amsterdam when I saw a monk. I walked over to talk to him, and during our conversation, he suggested I read this book. So I asked him to write it down. This is what he wrote, and now you’re offering it to me. That’s amazing.”
\nHe enthusiastically gave a donation in anticipation of reading the book he was looking for.
\nBhakta Ruben then said to him, “You see, there is a God.”
\nTo which he responded, “Yes, I think you’re right.”
\n* * *
\nMy comment: Srila Prabhupada says in a purport that “as one engages in devotional service, one enters into the mysterious region of transcendence.“ This is especially true about the service of book distribution. Again and again, we hear of experiences that aren’t just coincidences. Krsna’s hand is involved, and it’s nice to see Him in this way.
\nVijaya Dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48306","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\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48307,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48306\/revisions\/48307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}