{"id":2454,"date":"2016-04-22T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2016-04-22T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:30:17","slug":"whats-happening-with-yasodadulal-dasa-our-blissful-sadhu-walking-in-new-zealand-since-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/whats-happening-with-yasodadulal-dasa-our-blissful-sadhu-walking-in-new-zealand-since-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING WITH YASODADULAL DASA, OUR BLISSFUL SADHU WALKING IN NEW ZEALAND SINCE JULY 2015 ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gaurangi Dasi<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long time since we did not give you news of\u00a0 Yasodadulal Dasa, \u00a0our super enthusiastic and blissful \u00a0sadhu – \u00a0a married man living as a genuine traveling and preaching sannyasa, though dressed in white.\u00a0 On \u00a0July 4, 2015, after two years of preparations,\u00a0 he started his one year tour of the South and North Islands with a horse cart carrying the deities of\u00a0 Nitai Gauracandra, books, a tent and his few possessions. Even though some devotees accompanied him for a while at different times, he was basically on his own, with no support party to find accomodations and contact the press for him, or bring him tasty prasadam. \u00a0While walking Yasodadulal is continuously chanting Hare Krishna \u00a0while beating on his red mrdanga for \u00a0the benefit of humans and non-humans alike. Needless to say he is a big attraction when\u00a0 he gets in a town, as nothing much happens there, and he\u2019s regularly featured in local papers or on TV channels. Kiwis (New Zealanders) are very friendly and favorable to Hare Krishnas\u00a0: people invite him in their homes- he even occasionally cooks for them – and of course shares Krishna consciousness with them.\u00a0 His huge and warm smile is enough to convince anyone of the value of a devotional lifestyle.<\/p>\n

A couple of months ago the owner of the horse took her animal back, so Yasodadulal\u00a0 decided to contitnue without cart, sleeping bag, tent and cooking equipment. All he carries now \u00a0is his red mrdanga, a water pot anda medium size bag thrown over his shoulder containing a change of clothes, a light gamsha, his suci kit and a few pamphlets.\u00a0 He is \u00a0totally depending on Krishna, who reciprocates with His servant in wonderful ways. Everybody is giving something\u00a0: food, hospilatity, shelter, money and friendship.\u00a0 Last February he\u00a0 arrived in\u00a0 a small town, with only 30$ in his pocket. Eager to distribute prasadam, \u00a0he went to the local supermarket and spent this money on ingredients to make bliss balls, which he offered and distributed. People were very happy and they reciprocated by givin a total of\u00a0 100 $ in \u00a0donations. Another time\u00a0 the\u00a0 owner of a vegetable store paid half his bill and the owner of a big supermarket told him, \u00ab\u00a0Just take whatever you want\u00a0\u00bb , while opening wide his arms. Once someone gave him a pumpkin, but how could he carry such a heavy load\u00a0? So he just knocked on someone\u2019s door and said,\u00ab\u00a0Do you mind if I can cook this pumpkin here\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb The older couple who lived there\u00a0 agreed on the spot, and it turned out that they were trying to become vegetarians.<\/p>\n

Yasodadulal will continue living like that for the next 3 months. At the end of July he will have walked around 2500 kms, enlivened and enlightened so many souls along the way.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Follow his adventures on his Facebook site\u00a0 (diary, poems and photos)\u00a0:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook\u00a0 Site\u00a0: Up to December 2015\u00a0: it\u2019s called \u00ab\u00a0Spirit South\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

After December\u00a0 2015, it\u2019s called\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0Spirit South-Going North\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spiritsouthnz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n