Today our chanting party went through a Muslim village. While there is some basic disagreements over certain theological issues the "hindus" and the muslims get along very well in this area. There is mutual respect. 500 years ago there was a muslim ruler here who tries to stop the congregational chanting of Hare Krishna. He had his soldiers harass, intimidate, break the instruments of, and ultimately threaten with death those that were openly chanting like this. When Sri Catianya Mahaprabhu heard about this he was transcendentally enraged. As a result He instructed all of the devotees to make torches and prepare for a very large congregational chanting party to go through the streets to the Chand Kazi's (the local ruler) house. An apparently unlimited amount of people showed up and began the beautiful Harinam Sankirtan party with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gracefully and ecstatically dancing along. When they reached the Chand Kazi's house there was some philosophical discussion and ultimately Sri Caitanya convinced the Chand Kazi that they were worshipping the same Lord. At that moment the ruler announced that for all time to come his descendants would never disrupt the sankirtan party.
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