Trees, animals, birds, flowers and insects

The Radha-Damodara party spends time traveling in the Bay area, sometimes at the temple, at times on a farm of a favorable couple, and also at the homes of friends in Silicon Valley.

One day while driving back from a program in a rustic area north of the Bay, Vishnujana reminisces about the "old days." He has a lot of nectar stories about devotional service that he shares in an intimate way. "One time Prabhupada sent us to do kirtan up a mountain where there were no people. When we got back he asked, 'So, how was the kirtan?' We answered, 'Where you sent us there was nobody there.' Prabhupada said, 'What about the trees and the animals and birds, and the flowers and the insects. Don't you realize that they also benefit by the chanting of Hare Krishna?'"