"Are you a Hare Krishna?"

I was walking outside the library the other day when a guy approached me and told me I looked like a smart young man. He told me that he was a traveling monk and that he wanted to give me a copy of what he said was the original word of God--the Bhagavad-Gita. I took the copy he gave me since I have no problem with studying other religions.

I asked him and found out that he was a Hare Krishna monk. He also asked for a donation to help him make more copies of the Bhagavad-gita. I told him that I was a Christian and a propagator of the Holy Bible. He then told me that he thought that Jesus was a great prophet and that people in his religion liked Jesus. He also told me that he wasn't trying to convert me, either. I'm not sure I believe this, though. Walking across the U.S. and giving people copies of his Scriptures seems like evangelization to me. He still asked for any amount of money to help him out.

We then talked a little further and I found out he was taking a poverty vow and fasting that day. I asked him how much he paid for the book he gave me. To which he replied that it cost him $6. This sounded quite believable since the book was in fresh condition and probably did cost that much (possibly more) to print. Anyway, I paid him $6 dollars and I hope he'll use that for a meal some time this week. But let God be his judge on that one.

I regret that I didn't give much of a witness to him. I think both of us on some level were actually in a hurry to make the conversation quick and get on to our next business. Anyway, Christian brothers and sisters, be sure to pray that God will save this man and that He will send an evangelist his way.

Until then, I'll probably read the Bhagavad-gita so I can know how to better witness to people like him. It'll be good to compare it with the Holy Bible as well. In the future, I may just make posts on their similarities and differences.