Vishnujan Swami Portrait

Vishujana Swami used to stand on the streets of LA and play the mridanga 6-8 hours a day, day after day, and come back and eat huge quantities of prasadam. "It is impossible to convey in writing the magnitude of his kirtans. The amount of energy he burns leading the sankirtana party in non-stop chanting can’t be calculated." Krishna inspires him with a nice idea how to preach. “You invite me to your home,” he proposes, “and I will turn your home into a temple.” Vishnujana used to make sweet rice by continuously stirring it. We would take turns stirring, while the other read KRISHNA book. “Oh my Lord, what am I, and what is my value?
           I, who am eternal, full of knowledge and bliss,
           have falsely identified with this body
           which is temporary, full of ignorance and misery.
           And what is the value of these things we have offered you?
           They are also of the same temporary nature.
           But You, dear Lord Krishna, are the most expert mystic, and as such,
          You can enter into anything and change matter into Spirit as You like.
          And as You are always anxious to accept the offerings
          from the hands of Your pure devotees, so we have offered these nice foodstuffs
          unto the hands of Your most pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada.
          Please, therefore accept, and if You are satisfied, then we are satisfied.”
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