Saving the World in It’s Darkest Hour
by Devakinandana Dasa
I met a Chinese couple that I had previously given a book to. The girl is from a Buddhist family and already chants Buddhist mantras and is a vegetarian. Her name is Li Huabing and the man's name is Jin Feng Wang. I gave them a small book in Chinese from the Hong Kong BBT, and told them how to chant the maha mantra and they thought it was nice. I spoke to them for a while and gave them another book. They were some of the most receptive people I've ever met, so I'm keeping in touch with them and also trying to cultivate them. With the help from some Chinese devotees, I think they too will one day become devotees. They invited me to their wedding and as a gift I got them the Mother Ganga DVD and a Chinese, Chant and Be Happy. In a week or so I'm inviting them to a devotee's house for some chanting and prasad, and also to the Gaura Purnima festival here in Perth. Either way, they are getting a lot of benefit. They've invited me to come to see them in China; so now that I have their email addresses and phone numbers, and I plan to try to cultivate them as much as possible.
From this incident, I have realized that anyone, anywhere, can become a devotee. I recall from a letter I once read, where Srila Prabhupada stated that there is a devotee on every street corner–all we have to do is go out and pick them up. The world is so corrupt and full of suffering; it's time now for devotees of the world to unite in a huge sankirtana yajna. Srila Prabhupada said that distributing books can stop world wars. He also said, "This Krishna consciousness movement will save the world in its darkest hour". Let's make sure that this happens.
Please try to distribute books, distribute books, distribute books.
