A Little Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna. A few days ago we had an exciting event in my family. My son, Caitanya Gopala Howard, whose hair has been getting longer since his birth in June 2008, got shaved up. It was pretty strange for all of us at first, but I think we’re getting used to it. It’s really nice, I think.
I’ve been keeping a sikha and shaving once or twice a week for several years, and it’s good that now he looks more like his dad than his mother and sisters. He always gets excited when we have kirtan, and he loves to play the mrdanga. He even has his own kid-size mrdanga and is surprisingly good with it. So now he looks the part too.
I wonder what his grandparents will say. “Hare Krishna,” I hope.
Beautiful…
Hare Krsna.
I can just imagine Srila Prabhupada nodding with approval and saying, “This is devotee.”
Hi
Your son in very cute. I just happened to find your blog after searching for Hare Krishna information.
I am e-mailing you because I want to become a Hare Krishna. There are not any temples or Hare Krishnas in Oshkosh Wisconsin where I live. I would like to become a Hare Krishna but, I need help getting started. Please help me to become a Hare Krishna. I mjust want learn how I can worship and offer my life to Lord Krishna! I am coming from a Roman Catholic background so the Hare Krishna Religion is totally new to me. Would it be alright for me to shave me head like your son’s head? I want to shave me head as an offering of my surrender to Lord Krishna.
Thank you,
Edward
Yeah, that’s my son. 8^) I’m shaved up with a sikha too, and put on tilak ( clay-painting a sacred symbol on the forehead and other places) each day. Srila Prabhupada wanted us to chant the Hare Krishna mahamantra, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, read his books, devote your life to Krishna as much as you can. You don’t need anyone’s permission. It is a natural process. Once you start chanting Hare Krishna, your sense of Krishna’s presence will begin to awaken, and you will know it its right. Chanting Hare Krishna is so wonderful. That is the main thing. Read Srila Prabhupada’s books, and then you’ll know what to do.