January 22nd
Arrival was easy. Tara Dropped us off at the Ashram on First Ave. True Sanctuary from NYC life. We were greeted with a huge surprise of Advaita Acarya Prabhu(BTS) being there. After a long embrace we chatted into the midnight with Yajna Purusa Prabhu, Gadadhar Pandit Prabhu and Radha Vallabha Prabhu. Its nice to see our friendships being maintained and developed over the years. There are only a few of us out there and this team in NYc is definetly a stronghold. Any saffron clad boy in the Usa should take shelter in such a place. All glories to their Lotus like Ashram.
The Next day we headed off to the Indian embassy in the ice cold NYc street life. A few trains later we made it to the long line out front of the embassy pre 9 oclock opening. After soemtime we headed inside to obtain number one million something. I left to purchase some NYC bagels and chai. NYc sucks the money right out of your pockets. But thats just the way it is. Jason got called up and in a moment he was told to return in two hours and pick up the Visa. The next two hours we roamed about Central park freezing our japa fingers off. We took the blessings of Alice from Wonderland and returned to the mbassy to pick up the Visa. No problem all cleared and stamped! India here we go! Jason is establishing his determination to enter the Holy Dhama.
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