Reading From Miracle on Second Avenue and HG Vaisesika Dasa's Reflections | Youth Jam | 08 Mar 2026

We are at an amazing time, an amazing juncture, because we are here at a time not so long after Śrīla Prabhupāda landed in America and spread Krishna Consciousness. Perhaps most beneficial is that some of the devotees that first met Śrīla Prabhupāda are still with us. Śyāmasundara Prabhu lives just down the road; I talked to him a couple of days ago. He's working on consolidating his three books into one to make it easier to read and have them translated into other languages. Mukunda Mahārāja lives in New Zealand, and he was just in a car accident—a very close call actually. He's okay, but the fact is that we're still in the midst of those devotees who were arm-in-arm and surrounding Prabhupāda in service, going to various places around the world on his order. So, it's an important time to take advantage of such association by hearing what the devotees who were there have written, have said, and, if possible, meeting them—taking advantage of their association. When they are gone, they are gone. I realized that when I was writing my book, Our Family Business, because I was interviewing a lot of devotees, trying to get as much personal information as possible. One of the devotees was Brahmānanda Prabhu, and as I was interviewing him—just a short time after I had finished talking with him—he had left the planet. And Madhudviṣa—I had interviewed him in Los Angeles as he had come to the Ratha-yātrā. He was in a wheelchair at that time as he was very ill, but he still led kīrtana. You could barely distinguish his voice, but he wanted one last opportunity to come to the Ratha-yātrā. He had very eagerly granted me an interview. I took advantage of that; a couple of days later, he was gone. There was also Keśava. Keśava was Karandhara's brother. Karandhara is still here on the planet, but I was trying to get an interview with him and somebody said, "Okay, in a few days." And then they said he has a cold. Then they said he was in the hospital, and then they said he was gone. So, when devotees are gone, they're gone, I realized. I got so much from talking to them personally—things I had never heard before and things I was able to record. So, we should be sponge-like in trying to take advantage of as much association as possible from these iconic devotees who had spent time with Śrīla Prabhupāda. One of the ways to do that is to hear what they have written. ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection