Introduction

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!                                                                                                                                        

Jai Visnupada Srila Prabhupada!

Jai Swami Gaurangapada!

All glories to the Guru Parampara!

         Before I start to post or comment on the forum I would like to introduce myself. My name is Venkat and I reside in Chennai, India. I was introduced to the divine glories of the holy names Nityaananda Gauraanga and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra by Hadai Nityananda Dasa.

I first came to know about Krishna Conciousness in 2005 after reading the Bhagavat Gita As It Is by His Dive Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. My father bought it from an ISKCON devotee whom my father wanted to please. It was a time when I was searching for a authentic Bhagavat Gita. I accepted it whole heartedly and that very summer visited the ISKCON Bangalore and bought a few more books written by Srila Prabhupada. Though I regarded him as my Guru I never chanted properly and whole heartedly. If at all I ever chanted it was full of offences. I had so many doubts and I always longed to have a pure devotee to whom I can get guidance from. I thought that the ISKCON was the only place to get guidance but it wasn't easy approching them and my family is basically against the ISKCON. I tried to get in contact with a few devotees in Bangalore but I my mother caught me and I was heavily scolded for doing so. After I had lost hope in finding any pure devotee and I kept hoping that the Lord would show me a way.

And after 2 years he did through Srinath, my very close friend. Till then Srinath and I used to read and we kept each other as the only persons to discuss Krishna related topics. Srinath used to do much more reading than I used to and he would talk about various topics. But chanting for both of us was very irregular and full of offences. By Nitaai's mercy Srinath found Hadai Prabhu's site bepure.info and immediately told me to chant the mantraraajas too. I was very interested but I have a lot of respect for him as he used to read so much and hence is definitly till today more knowledgable than me.

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