Prasadam dinners
In 1999 Satya devi dasi, of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir in Brooklyn, New York, twice catered prasadam for the late Michael Jackson at private dinners for two with a man we know in New York City.
When she offered the singer a copy of the Bhagavad-gita he said he already had the book. The host then asked if the book Jackson had was Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is; Jackson confirmed that it was. When presented with a first-edition Krishna Art book, he looked through the illustrations and said he liked the paintings. He took that Krishna Art book home.
He was one of the fortunate persons in this world to honor Sri Sri Radha Govindadeva's Maha-prasdam, enjoying Radha Govinda Temple's world famous Burfi and other Mangal-arati sweets. He got Satya's gourmet prasadam cooking for dinner on two consecutive evenings, discussing reincarnation and karma at the dinner table with the host.
Satya reported that Jackson was very nice, soft-spoken and friendly. At that time he was staying in a luxury suite at the Waldorf Astoria with his daughter Paris Katherine and first son Prince Michael; his third child was not yet born. Jackson had been in New York to receive the Bollywood Outstanding Humanitarian Award.
Source: https://connect.krishna.com/
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Notes:
Michael owned The BHAGAVAD-GITA and used it as inspiration:
"Weapons cannot cleave it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it." - Bhagavad Gita
"You cannot cleave it, you cannot wet it, you cannot burn it." - In The Closet, MJ
“Curving back within myself I create again and again.” - Bhagvad Gita
“Curving back within yourself - Just create... just create“ - Are You Listening, MJ, Dancing The Dream
Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita is entitled "The Knower And The Known"
"I become the Knower and the Known." - The Dance, MJ, Dancing The Dream
“There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist." - Bhagavad Gita
"There never was a time When I was not Or you were not There never will be a time When we will cease to be" - Heaven Is here, MJ, Dancing The Dream
Credits: Martina van der Linden - www.facebook.com/groups/mjbookclub/?fref=nf
