{"id":51875,"date":"2017-10-10T07:03:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/166243600526"},"modified":"2017-10-10T07:04:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:04:39","slug":"you-have-made-my-daythis-is-what-a-freshman-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=51875","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYOU HAVE MADE MY DAY!\u201dThis is what a freshman at…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYOU HAVE MADE MY DAY!\u201d
\nThis is what a freshman at Indiana University \u2013 Purdue University Indianapolis said after he accepted Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 & a few smaller pieces of literature from us last week. He was so nice that after expressing his interest in reading this philosophy, he spent a few minutes thanking us for coming to his campus. He said he understood it must be a great sacrifice for us to travel & preach, & he offered his respects repeatedly.
\nA girl who received BG from us a year ago at IUPUI happily received a few other books this time.
\nWhile I was showing the BG to one student, another student enthusiastically interrupted & asked, \u201cIs that the original BG w\/ Sanskrit? I\u2019ve been wanting to find that book in its entirety!\u201d Both students accepted a copy.
\nAn older-looking student walked by, stopped, & asked what I was doing. He ended up taking a BG & admitted, \u201cI have no idea why I was walking down this path. I never come this way, for I have no reason to.\u201d I told him nothing happens by chance.
\nNext we visited the Univ. of IL. One of the first persons to accept a BG from me was an articulate young man. He explained that he grew up in the Muslim tradition but felt dissatisfied w\/ its theology. He also felt dissatisfied w\/ modern science\u2019s claim that consciousness is a product of matter. Thus in addition to the BG, he eagerly took a copy of the magazine \u201cOrigins\u2013Higher Dimensions in Science,\u201d which has an interesting article entitled \u201cThe Mystery of Consciousness.\u201d
\nMore than other campuses we visit, we also find staff & faculty members at the U of I taking home some of our literature. This trip was no exception, as three professors accepted a copy of BG.
\nThe first was in the department of Earth Sciences. She expressed her interest in meditation & Eastern thought & gave a generous donation. The second was in the department of Geology. She said, \u201cOh, BG. I\u2019ve always wanted to read that book.\u201d
\nThe third professor was from Africa & teaches Linguistics. He speaks a half dozen languages & has high regard for Sanskrit. He graciously accepted the BG.
\nAll glories to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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“YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY!”
\nThis is what a freshman at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis said after he accepted Bhagavad-gītā & a few smaller pieces of literature from us last week. He was so nice that after expressing his interest in reading this philosophy, he spent a few minutes thanking us for coming to his campus. He said he understood it must be a great sacrifice for us to travel & preach, & he offered his respects repeatedly.
\nA girl who received BG from us a year ago at IUPUI happily received a few other books this time.
\nWhile I was showing the BG to one student, another student enthusiastically interrupted & asked, “Is that the original BG w\/ Sanskrit? I’ve been wanting to find that book in its entirety!” Both students accepted a copy.
\nAn older-looking student walked by, stopped, & asked what I was doing. He ended up taking a BG & admitted, “I have no idea why I was walking down this path. I never come this way, for I have no reason to.” I told him nothing happens by chance. 😃
\nNext we visited the Univ. of IL. One of the first persons to accept a BG from me was an articulate young man. He explained that he grew up in the Muslim tradition but felt dissatisfied w\/ its theology. He also felt dissatisfied w\/ modern science’s claim that consciousness is a product of matter. Thus in addition to the BG, he eagerly took a copy of the magazine “Origins–Higher Dimensions in Science,” which has an interesting article entitled “The Mystery of Consciousness.”
\nMore than other campuses we visit, we also find staff & faculty members at the U of I taking home some of our literature. This trip was no exception, as three professors accepted a copy of BG.
\nThe first was in the department of Earth Sciences. She expressed her interest in meditation & Eastern thought & gave a generous donation. The second was in the department of Geology. She said, “Oh, BG. I’ve always wanted to read that book.”
\nThe third professor was from Africa & teaches Linguistics. He speaks a half dozen languages & has high regard for Sanskrit. He graciously accepted the BG.
\nAll glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!<\/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-51875","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\/51875","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=51875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51877,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51875\/revisions\/51877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}