{"id":96682,"date":"2022-02-03T09:54:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=96682"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:54:34","slug":"a-successful-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=96682","title":{"rendered":"A Successful Gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CX0JNcF.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"  \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2bm1I5t.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nYou can view this 2-part documentary on YouTube:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sir Trevor McDonald: Inside Indiana State Maximum Security Prison | Real Stories\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7tqypS2cm0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nand<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Death Row: Indiana State Prison (Sir Trevor McDonald Documentary) | Real Stories\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0__XpC6c-bQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RYawlYv.jpeg \"\/><strong>By Bhakti-lata Dasi <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  From time to time I send books to inmates who haven&#8217;t contacted us. I never had a response but I still try once in a while. Back in February 2018, I saw a documentary entitled Death Row: Inside Indiana State Prison. One inmate, in particular, caught my attention. His tiny cell was packed with books and he had written thoughtful words on his walls, such as: Industry, Perseverance, Frugality. In this documentary he also said, &#8220;Those books allow for a great escape, to be able to leave the confines of the walls.&#8221; It seemed to me that there was a great chance of him appreciating the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, so taking a chance I sent it to him, along with other titles and a letter. As usual, I didn&#8217;t get any response and I forgot about him.   <!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96682","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=96682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96683,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96682\/revisions\/96683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}