ISKCON Member Opens Council Briefing With Sanskrit Verse

Last year I was invited again to do the invocation prayer for the City Council of Dallas on behalf of Mayor Tom Leppert.  You can see the previous years invocation here.  

Subway Japa

Currently in New York with my wife and kids visiting family. Riding
hours on the subway provides plenty of time for japa meditation. As I was catching the 4 train down to the Wednesday night program at the Brooklyn temple, the person sitting across from me looked at me with a smile. He pulled out his rosary and started chanting his japa. While riding back while chanting with my eyes closed I heard a voice ask something. Opening my eyes at first I did not know what was the
question that the man across from me was asking. He asked again,
"Does your card have the mantra on it?" I told him "Why yes" he took one and got off the train. I continued to chant and a few stops later another voice asked, "Could I trouble you for a card a well?"
Hare Krishna