TO ME LIFE BEGAN

TO ME LIFE BEGAN
WHEN I SAW DEVOTEES SINGING TOGETHER
I JUST WANTED TO JOIN THEM
AND GET TO KNOW THEIR PLEASURE.

NOTHING EVER MADE SENSE TO ME
TILL I READ KRISHNA BOOK
AND I SAW THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
I WANTED EVERYONE TO LOOK.

I STILL CAN’T UNDERSTAND
WHY NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE
JUST TO HEAR AND SEE GOD
AND STOP ALL THE DISPAIR.

I KNEW I SAW GOD
AS SOON AS I SAW KRISHNA’S PICTURE
I KNEW KRISHNA WAS PRESENT THERE
I NEVER NEEDED ANY CONVINCING.

I IMMEDIATLY BECAME ENLIVENED
I KNEW ALL I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND
WAS EVERYTHING ABOUT KRISHNA
ALL BECAUSE GEORGE HARRISON
WANTED TO SERVE THAT FAR EAST MAN.

AC BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA
WHO TRANSLATED BOOKS ALL ABOUT KRISHNA GOD
AND CAME FROM THE EAST WITH SO LITTLE MONEY
YET FOUNDED A INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
TO MAKE SO MANY LIVES BLISSFUL AND SUNNY.

THERE IS NO EXAGGERATION HERE
I STILL ONLY BECOME MORE AMAZED
THINKING ABOUT SINPLY HIS DIVINE GRACE
COMING HERE AT 69 BLISSFUL SHIINING FACE.

I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE JUST LIVE FOR DREAMING
NOT EVEN CARING FOR LIFE’S VERY MEANING
WHY SO MUCH SUFFERING NEVER EVER SEEING.

BUT I KNOW WHY BY SHRILA PRABHUPADA’S GRACE
AND ALSO GEORGE HARRISON’S FAITH IN HIS GRACE
ANSWERING PRABHUPADA’S MOST HUMBLE REQUEST
JUST YOU WRITE SONGS TO SPREAD KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNES

ALL I REMEMBER IS BEING LOST
TILL I READ BACK TO GODHEAD
IT IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS
NOT KNOWING ANYTHING WAS WHAT I DID DREAD.

AND SO HERE I AM
JUST TRYING TO REVEAL WHAT I KNOW
SO FRUSTRATED MOST PEOPLE DON’T CARE
WHO THEY REALLY ARE OR WHERE THEY GO.

EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING CHANGED
FOR SO MANY YEARS LIVING ALONE
THE ONLY PLACE I WANT TO LIVE
IS PRABHUPADA’S ORIGINAL HOME.

WHERE ALL WE’RE SIMPLY WANTING
TO DISTRIBUTE SHRILA PRABHUPADA’S BOOKS
AND READ THEM MORE AND MORE
AND DISTRIBUTE THEM NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK..

JUST COOPERATING FOR SHRILA PRABHUPADA
THOSE WERE THE GREATEST TIMES
AND EVERYONE WAS GEALOUS OF US
SEEING HOW BRIGHTLY WE SHINED.

NOW I JUST WANT TO KNOW
HOW TO BRING THAT BACK AGAIN
AND HOW TO DEFEAT THOSE WHO STOPPED IT
AND JOIN AGAIN MY FIRED UP FRIENDS.

I KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE
IT JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN AGAIN
FULL FAITH IN SHRILA PRABHUPADA
OUR EVER WELL WISHER
DEAREST GURU AND FRIEND.

AND WE SIMPLY COME TOGETHER
TO FILL THE STREETS WITH KRISHNA’S NAMES
AND EVERYTHING PRABHUPADA GAVE US
TO RETURN US BLISSFULLY HOME AGAIN.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
HRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

 

(by Anubhavananda Das)

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