How I came to Krishna Consciousness - H.G. Tadiyaseva Das

In 1993, I started attending a spiritual group in India by the name of Om Shanti. I was feeling guilty and helplessness in 1993 during my engineering studies. I was also looking for happiness. I was indulging in lot of watching movies hoping that they will make me happy. I wasn’t at all happy instead they made me feel guilty as I was wasting my father’s hard-earned money. I practiced meditation at Om Shanti spiritual centers, and it brought me some peace of Mind. When I went to BITS-Pilani in 1995 after engineering for studying master’s degree, I wanted to continue my spiritual practices. I was very impressed by a professor in Pilani who was practicing Krishna Consciousness. He met me once in a bank and I opened my heart filled with anxiety, directionless. At the bank, he told me he has a medicine and invited me to come to his house on one Sunday. When I went to his house in the Campus, he fed me an out of the world prasadam which was offered to Lord Jagannath. He mentioned that he was conducting Bhagavad-Gita classes in the evening. I started attending regularly BG classes at his house. Eventually he introduced me to Chanting the holy name, attending Bhagavatam classes in the morning and also Mangala Arati. My journey in Krishna consciousness continued like this with so many ups and downs. But I never left Krishna consciousness since I felt the mercy of Krishna is rare to achieve.