{"id":50865,"date":"2017-09-12T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/165255988786"},"modified":"2017-09-12T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:33:31","slug":"flow-of-mercy-in-lawrence-danakeli-dasi-another-wonderful-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=50865","title":{"rendered":"FLOW OF MERCY IN LAWRENCE! \nDanakeli Dasi: Another wonderful day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_ow5xbvNBI11sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ow5xbvNBI11sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ow5xbvNBI11sbj0vuo1_500-143x187.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FLOW OF MERCY IN LAWRENCE! <br \/>\nDanakeli Dasi: Another wonderful day distributing copies of Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101, this time at Kansas University in Lawrence. So many nice students! A few highlights\u2026<br \/>\nWhen I told one student that this book is about Arjuna\u2019s existential crisis, he said, \u201cWow! I went dry [stopped drinking alcohol] two years ago &#038; have found clarity enough to start asking existential questions myself. You mean you\u2019re giving me this book?\u201d<br \/>\nA girl who I told that the book addresses existential questions became wide-eyed &#038; said, \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m all about!\u201d<br \/>\nA smiling student walked up to us carrying BG in his hand, saying, \u201cI saw you both busy talking to others, so I took this from your box. I\u2019ve been wanting to read this book! May I take it?\u201d He disclosed he already knew the Hare Krishna mantra, having heard it sung on a comedian\u2019s show. Since then he\u2019s been \u201csinging that song\u201d &#038; \u201cfeeling high.\u201d<br \/>\nA girl from Bangalore had never seen \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s BG before &#038; was so happy to see us propagating it at KU that she gave a $50 donation to help us print more.<br \/>\nSeveral students took a serious interest in our invitation to attend a BG discussion on campus this Wed. evening organized by Hannah &#038; Kishori Gopi through their Bhakti Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/529e28d477ad4be4a0d2acf7511e90af\/tumblr_ow5xbvNBI11sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>FLOW OF MERCY IN LAWRENCE! <br \/>\nDanakeli Dasi: Another wonderful day distributing copies of Bhagavad-g&#299;t&#257;, this time at Kansas University in Lawrence. So many nice students! A few highlights&hellip;<br \/>\nWhen I told one student that this book is about Arjuna&rsquo;s existential crisis, he said, &ldquo;Wow! I went dry [stopped drinking alcohol] two years ago &amp; have found clarity enough to start asking existential questions myself. You mean you&rsquo;re giving me this book?&rdquo;<br \/>\nA girl who I told that the book addresses existential questions became wide-eyed &amp; said, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m all about!&rdquo;<br \/>\nA smiling student walked up to us carrying BG in his hand, saying, &ldquo;I saw you both busy talking to others, so I took this from your box. I&rsquo;ve been wanting to read this book! May I take it?&rdquo; He disclosed he already knew the Hare Krishna mantra, having heard it sung on a comedian&rsquo;s show. Since then he&rsquo;s been &ldquo;singing that song&rdquo; &amp; &ldquo;feeling high.&rdquo;<br \/>\nA girl from Bangalore had never seen &#346;r&#299;la Prabhup&#257;da&rsquo;s BG before &amp; was so happy to see us propagating it at KU that she gave a $50 donation to help us print more.<br \/>\nSeveral students took a serious interest in our invitation to attend a BG discussion on campus this Wed. evening organized by Hannah &amp; Kishori Gopi through their Bhakti Club.<\/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-50865","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\/50865","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=50865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50866,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50865\/revisions\/50866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}