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Just a Touch

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Jayanta

Just a Touch

If one has even the smallest amount of faith in Krishna, the Deities, our sadhana, it should be acknowledged.

If there is faith, understanding will follow.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, letter to Bob Cohen (Brahma Tirtha), June 16, 1972.

Do I have faith?

I told my friend, walking through Brooklyn streets to see the Henry Street site

    that I have at least a little.

A touch.

It would not do to deny it.

After changing the clothes of the Deities one Sunday evening,

I reached over to adjust Lord Nityananda’s turban.

There, He looks resplendent, happy, alive.

Just a touch was enough.

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