An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

Devotees went downtown afternoons and evenings
year round. In winter, they went in department
stores and the subway to warm up. They chanted
Hare Krishna and sold Back to Godhead magazines and
Prabhupad's books. This supported the temple. The
devotees took time to preach to interested people. A
couple of young women moved into the temple as a
result.
I managed the temple and did most of the
cooking. I brought the devotees dinner in the evening
and spent part of the day downtown with them. I led
most of the worship and gave sermons. This was
shared amongst the devotees, but I was temple president
and a senior devotee--in the Movement three
years now. I wholesaled Spiritual Sky Incense in
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
We also went to Atlantic City to chant and distribute
literature and were arrested for not having a
permit. Prabhupad taught the devotees to "Let sleeping
dogs lie," meaning don't get involved with the
government anymore than you have to. Sometimes it
was unavoidable. We managed to get out of jail the
same day.
I became friends with a yogi from India who
moved to Philadelphia with his family. His name was
Amrit Desai. We went to his house to chant and talk
about Krishna. He also had an ashram, retreat center,
in the country and invited us there. Amrit had a
number of disciples and was favorable to Krishna
consciousness.
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