A German family's life in India

For the last seven years this German family has been living in West Bengal's Mayapur... all in search of Krishna consciousness.  : I_love_mayapur

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00:00I need to learn Bangla.

00:22We are connected with the Hare Krishna Movement ISKCON.

00:29We get up quite early, like 4.30, 5ish around.

00:35Very normal.

00:36You like cleaning today with us?

00:37I love cleaning.

00:38You love cleaning.

00:39We chant Japa in the morning.

00:47We believe that everything which came in contact with the Lord, like a cloth or a garland,

00:55is charged with spiritual energy.

00:58Bye, sweetie.

01:00Bye.

01:01Have a nice day in school.

01:07It's a very sweet beginning in the morning, so we try to catch this as a family.

01:13Krishna teke.

01:14Krishna teke ashti.

01:15We don't say that.

01:16Eta Krishna teke ashti.

01:17Yes.

01:18I have more friends than I have in Germany, and it's more Krishna conscious here.

01:37In the summertime, we go and spend a lot of time in the water because it's very hot.

02:08Our desire was never to become a YouTuber.

02:19They just opened a temple in Vienna, like a small center.

02:30I started to think about the existence of Krishna when I was 24.

02:35I had no religious background otherwise.

02:42I barely left my own home country at this time.

02:45This completely changed my complete world view and my idea of life and what I actually

02:50want to do.

03:06We wanted to move in a little bigger community.

03:11Searching for such a place, we came across Mayapur, which stole our hearts.

03:36In the summer, we do some catering and some festivals.

03:39We go there and sell some vegetarian Indian food.

03:45The rest of the year, we live here in Mayapur.

03:58We don't want to convert anyone or convince anyone that our life is better than theirs.

04:03I'm not saying you have to believe in God to be a good person, but I strongly believe

04:11it gives you more purpose.