Bill Gates, Kash Patel, and why the West loves saying 'Jai Shri Krishna'

The story of how Krishna’s name became recognizable in the West often begins with a voyage. In 1965, a 69-year-old monk named A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left Kolkata aboard a cargo ship bound for New York. He arrived with little money, a crate of translated scriptures, and a conviction that the message of Krishna consciousness — bhakti, or loving devotion to God — could take root in the West.

Bill Gates, Kash Patel, and why the West loves saying 'Jai Shri Krishna'
The story of how Krishna’s name became recognizable in the West often begins with a voyage. In 1965, a 69-year-old monk named A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left Kolkata aboard a cargo ship bound for New York. He arrived with little money, a crate of translated scriptures, and a conviction that the message of Krishna consciousness — bhakti, or loving devotion to God — could take root in the West.