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How did he Do it ?
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" HOW DID HE DO IT ? " said Nelson Mandela about Srila Prabhupada Hare Krishna. I thought you might like to know a little bit of the untold side of Nelson Mandela. He came several times to ISKCON's Ratha Yatra in South Africa while he was president of the nation. The first time Bhakti Tirtha Swami met him, in the course of their conversation, Maharaja quoted a Gita verse. Half-way thru the verse, Mandela quoted the rest of it. BT Swami was surprised. He asked " You know the Gita? " Mandela said " Try me. " Every Gita verse Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja knew, Nelson knew as well . Naturally, BT Swami asked " How is this? " Nelson Mandela explained that he was imprisoned on Robbins Island along with some of his fellow leaders of their political party, the ANC. One of them was an Indian-bodied lawyer. The South African government tried to break them by giving them mindless labor and routine. Realizing that they needed to keep their minds actively ...