Jayapataka Swami tells how a Canadian immigrant earning $40 an hour found the Bhagavad-gita in his briefcase and it changed everything. He visited the Toronto temple, became a disciple, memorized the entire text, and spent his life preaching and distributing books. One book transformed him completely.
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The Toronto temple.
$40 an hour.
The Bhagavad-gita.
Chapters
So this person.
Had a brain.
In Canada. He was a master loan.
Was getting $40 an hour on.
So then in the weekend he was right.
To some other.
Just for arrangement of Krishna. The same devotee was there, distributed the song and saluted. So I turned away.
I'm just begging you.
Very humble. Take this part a little bit. He's giving whatever you want.
I think you're a nice man.
So he thought here I am an immigrant in this country and here an ethnic Canadian.
It's.
Begging me for revenge.
I reached the top.
This must be a symptom of my success.
Put in his briefcase, went home.
Then he.
Played around.
Found the Giza. And it's.
Must have been the month of January or February, because when he opened up his briefcase he found the Gita. And.
Heck of the.
When he started reading Havocad's Bhagavad Akita.
Then it was like a big awakening from him and he got very inspired. And then he.
Desired to.
To go to the temple in the back. So this was temple. He went to the Toronto temple. And it just happened. It was. It was Lithian's appearance day.
And.
You know, for that day there was thousand people there who's Kirkan? So he joining Kirk dancing.
Helped serve Messiah. He was so good.
Literally became my disciple.
He memorized Bhagavad Gita.
So he would preach to the two Guyanese mandates who mainly love.
It reached Finally Krishna says I will never work with you.
So.
I do the amazing things grow as making mahatmas. He was somebody that was in their life working.
Although he had a background, but being alone from his family. You know, a country where people bring.
He got into that.
Situation. But then he completed by real association he got awakened. So the book distribution also how one book changed something.
You never know. One book can make such a big difference.