1531: Surviving the Streets: A Former Gang Enforcer’s Path to Bhakti

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
  • A childhood spent in the sacred temples of India. A teenage descent into the violent world of organized crime. A near-death experience that changed everything. This is the raw, eye-opening story of Govinda Das-a former gang enforcer who found his way back to the spiritual path through Krishna’s grace.
    Join Raghunath as he dives into Govinda’s gripping journey from a strict Vaishnava upbringing to the dangerous streets of Chicago, where he was drawn into one of the world’s most notorious gangs. Discover how years of violence, drugs, and survival eventually led him back to the teachings of bhakti and the transformative power of chanting the holy name.
    🔑 Key Highlights:
    ✨ The hidden connection between gang loyalty and the search for belonging.
    ✨ How addiction, trauma, and violence led to a desperate plea to Krishna.
    ✨ The near-fatal accident that sparked a life-changing spiritual awakening.
    ✨ Why community and association can make or break one’s path in life.
    Govinda’s story is a testament to the power of bhakti yoga to reclaim even the most lost souls. His raw honesty and hard-won wisdom offer profound lessons on karma, free will, and the undeniable mercy of Krishna.
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Комментарии • 31

  • @gopalinissin503
    @gopalinissin503 3 дня назад +5

    Stay strong Govinda! You are a good man and life flies past very quickly. Jaya Mayapur Dham! Jaya Nrsinghadeva! 😊

  • @felixgarnet
    @felixgarnet 4 дня назад +13

    What a guest! So glad to see Govinda Das happy and settled. "Would they take me? Am I too old?" Raghunath! 😂😂😂

    • @officeboy9779
      @officeboy9779 2 дня назад +1

      The Sanyas and the monasteries do not stand for the desperate and those that want to spend the old age after having enjoyed the worldly pleasures.
      Got it
      It is the system by the Adi Shankara Acharya.

  • @jakeweston8616
    @jakeweston8616 3 дня назад +5

    This vaisnava is so dedicated to Radha Madhava. I've seen him here in the temple in Mayapur every day for the past eight months now.

  • @semmunn8322
    @semmunn8322 12 часов назад +1

    radhe radhe

  • @dipenroy563
    @dipenroy563 День назад +2

    HARE KRISHNA 🙏

  • @sundarimadhavi3668
    @sundarimadhavi3668 4 дня назад +5

    ALL GLORIES TO YOUR PARENTS...ALL GLORIES TO MAYAPUR DHAMA...THANK YOU

  • @druyoon9558
    @druyoon9558 День назад +2

    Very inspiring story.

  • @mattmclafferty6265
    @mattmclafferty6265 4 дня назад +7

    What a good man.
    Jaya Sri Nitai Gauranga!
    Jaya Prabhupada!

  • @BoardinorBored
    @BoardinorBored 18 часов назад +1

    Wow this is epic. Hare Krishna!

  • @ranju184
    @ranju184 3 дня назад +3

    After listening to this podcast only one thing that my heart wanna do is Chant the holy name "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare" 🙏🎊🎉 what to say Krishna and his leelas that he shows through his devotees 😊

    • @Eckart07193
      @Eckart07193 День назад +1

      Than you should do that ! Haribol + Hare Krshna, from Germany 🙏

  • @TheMaybloom
    @TheMaybloom 4 дня назад +5

    Wow, one of the best interview's I've seen in a while. The guest is amazing, such a sincere soul ❤

  • @TruthLove333
    @TruthLove333 День назад +1

    Really interesting guest, grateful to see this interview. Probably really helpful for certain folks, would be good if the interviewer was more receptive, and had let him speak more.

  • @christopherstillwell8662
    @christopherstillwell8662 4 дня назад +4

    WONDERFUL discussion, and very real .
    Two fine gentlemen and two fine moustaches 👊🙏

  • @dianejackson9314
    @dianejackson9314 2 дня назад

    Thank you for being real Prahbu 🙏

  • @jonesbluesandjam
    @jonesbluesandjam 4 дня назад +2

    I love that Mommie Daddy❤ great share

  • @Ziggy_Gopala
    @Ziggy_Gopala 4 дня назад +2

    This show never fails to suprise me. Great story. Harebol.

  • @monomayayogi6102
    @monomayayogi6102 2 дня назад

    Hare Krishna 🙏🕉🕉🕉

  • @jonesbluesandjam
    @jonesbluesandjam 4 дня назад +2

    Very Good 👍🏽

  • @Goloka-vrindavan
    @Goloka-vrindavan 3 дня назад

    Hare krishna...hare rama

  • @officeboy9779
    @officeboy9779 2 дня назад

    Hello Swamiji.
    Not all the and majority of Indians dream of going over to the US, except the few

    • @madrasman8883
      @madrasman8883 День назад

      😅 comon. People do want to go may be not settle

  • @shivasmight369
    @shivasmight369 17 часов назад

    I was run over 3 years ago and almost killed with a brachial plexus injury in my right arm and the only reason why I survived is thanks to Mahadeva who I love more than myself
    Aum Namah Shivaya

  • @madrasman8883
    @madrasman8883 День назад +1

    Why don't you shut up a bit and let him talk freely??

  • @aratilane
    @aratilane 4 дня назад +9

    Why don't you just let him talk??? You can step back sometimes, Ragu

    • @Natan1300
      @Natan1300 3 дня назад +4

      It's deeply rooted, I'm afraid. But we love him as he is ❤️

    • @Amsyro
      @Amsyro 3 дня назад +2

      It’s because of his energy, the interviewers feel safe to be vulnerable and share their lives with us❤ thank you Raghunath to be who you are.

  • @stms.africa4690
    @stms.africa4690 2 дня назад +1

    From everything I can see, devotees with beards, mustaches, non- regulation Tulsi beads, tattoos, karmi clothes....... IF PRABHUPADA CAME BACK TODAY, HE WOULDNT RECOGNISE ISCKON.

  • @OpenSoceity
    @OpenSoceity 3 дня назад +3

    Krsna conscious is what makes you one with nature