{"id":54997,"date":"2018-01-05T17:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/169348537846"},"modified":"2018-01-05T17:11:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:11:20","slug":"movie-stuntman-finds-joy-in-krishna-consciousness-devotees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=54997","title":{"rendered":"Movie Stuntman Finds Joy in Krishna Consciousness. \nDevotees…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Movie Stuntman Finds Joy in Krishna Consciousness.
\nDevotees from ISKCON\u2019s Soho St temple began visiting Jason and bringing him maha-prasadam and more books. \u201cI read Chant and Be Happy, and the idea of self-realization through chanting really appealed to me,\u201d he says.
\n\u201cNext, I read Prabhupada\u2019s biography, \u2018Your Ever Well Wisher.\u2019 I started to become very interested in the person of Srila Prabhupada. I read more and more about his mission, and the history of how he founded ISKCON in the United States. That\u2019s when I became vegetarian. Step by step, my consciousness was changing.\u201d
\nLa Shard began to look for devotee association. He visited the Soho St. temple, and then took the three-month Veda course, an introductory program to Krishna consciousness, at Bhaktivedanta Manor. There, he studied the Gita chapter by chapter, and learned about Vedic culture, Vaishnava saints, the history of ISKCON and more.
\nIn the summer, he joined Parasurama Das\u2019s team of preachers, putting on Rathayatra festivals all over Scandinavia as well as Northern England and Scotland. Parasurama, delighted to make the acquaintance of the \u201cbiggest devotee in ISKCON,\u201d warmly nicknamed La Shard \u201cBhima.
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Movie Stuntman Finds Joy in Krishna Consciousness.
\nDevotees from ISKCON’s Soho St temple began visiting Jason and bringing him maha-prasadam and more books. “I read Chant and Be Happy, and the idea of self-realization through chanting really appealed to me,” he says.
\n“Next, I read Prabhupada’s biography, ‘Your Ever Well Wisher.’ I started to become very interested in the person of Srila Prabhupada. I read more and more about his mission, and the history of how he founded ISKCON in the United States. That’s when I became vegetarian. Step by step, my consciousness was changing.”
\nLa Shard began to look for devotee association. He visited the Soho St. temple, and then took the three-month Veda course, an introductory program to Krishna consciousness, at Bhaktivedanta Manor. There, he studied the Gita chapter by chapter, and learned about Vedic culture, Vaishnava saints, the history of ISKCON and more.
\nIn the summer, he joined Parasurama Das’s team of preachers, putting on Rathayatra festivals all over Scandinavia as well as Northern England and Scotland. Parasurama, delighted to make the acquaintance of the “biggest devotee in ISKCON,” warmly nicknamed La Shard “Bhima.
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