The East Snowstorm

January 30, 1966

The East Coast was hit by severe blizzards, seven inches of snow fell on the City, with winds up to fifty miles an hour.  The City of New York offered warm rooms and meals for people living in tenements without heat.  JFK Airport was closed, as were train lines and roadways into the City.  For the second time within eight days, a state of emergency was declared because of snow. 

As a lone individual, Srila Prabhupada could not do anything about the snow emergency, or the international warfare – he saw these as more symptoms of the age of Kali.  Always there would be misery in the material world.  But if he could bring Radha and Krishna to a building in New York … nothing was impossible for the Supreme Lord.  Even in the midst of Kali-yuga, a golden age could appear, and people could get relief.  If Americans could take to Krishna consciousness, the whole world would follow.  Seeing through the eyes of the scriptures, Srila Prabhupada pushed on through the blizzard and pursued the thin trail for support for his Krishna conscious mission.