A quiet hilltop in Gjirokastër, a funny climb through the market path, a sweet old woman asking, "Who is Krishna?", and a very real reflection on peace, memory, and prayer in Albania. In this JuicyMagiK On the Go episode, Srimati Dasi and Madhumangala dasa share a tender little travel moment that turns into something deeper. There's laughter, there's chanting, there are candy "lovefare weapons," and there's also the weight of history, as they speak from a place marked by suffering and ask what peace actually looks like, not just as an idea, but as a lived practice. Along the way, they speak about kirtan, sacred food, simple kindness, and the small ways devotion can meet people right where they are. Soft, human, a little playful, and very much on the road.

hi Bo hi Bo I must stay

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behind us

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thanks for coming to Juicy Magic on the go

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on the go with Shimati Dasi and Madhu Mangla Das

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and I have here a beautiful painting from my dear

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sweet Guru Devi

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her Grace Shamarani Didi

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and we had rides right going up the hill

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such a great experience

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a really funny experience when I tell about it

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so you know you go up

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of course people are trying to make conversation'cause

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they're selling their wares

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along the path

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and you can't help but look at it

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cause it's like position so you have to look at it

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and they notice you looking at it

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they think you wanna buy something

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and anyway this is how it goes

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the downside of it's tough

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you know this is how a lot of people make their living

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so we're not against tourism and making money

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but sometimes it it can become a distraction

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but anyway the people always ask you

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where are you from they want to make conversation

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this is a good sales tactic

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so I said that's a good question

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but I mean their English is limited

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so he said huh

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I don't understand I said okay

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I'm from Canada then we get up around the corner

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there's a really nice old lady

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talking to a Japanese lady

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trying to sell her something

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and she go where are you from

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and I said I'm from Krishna

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and she goes

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Krishna

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who is Krishna

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so and I said that's the most perfect question to ask

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so it was really nice

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I'm gonna give her this little flyer because this is

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I guess say this is my house

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it's sacred painting card

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this is where I live really in my heart

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and my mom painted this painting

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good Davy

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and I just wanted to have it cause it's such a nice

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colorful I mean

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just this little flyer

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which is produced from the wonderful

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um devoted

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friendly kind people at Sacred Heart Gardens

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they distribute these we we help distribute them too

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we want to invite people to come and chant and dance

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and feast and be happy this is how world peace

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we have to start right where we are

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we have to be at peace ourselves

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and then distribute the technologies of peace

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how how people want to say okay

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all we're saying is give peace a chance that's great

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it's good but how what's the process

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how do we become peaceful

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yeah it was so funny she kept repeating who's Krishna

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Krishna

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I never heard about Krishna before who's Krishna

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and she kept repeating the name it was really cool

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it was the best she said it really clearly Krishna

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it's the best moment of the day man oh

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so nice so when I come back down

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I'm gonna say hi and she's an old she

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motivates people in the most funny ways to say Krishna

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or Govinda or

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and then I'm gonna give her one of these

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one of my favorite little weapons of my sort of my

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I could say

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commit gorilla was my saying a long time ago from the

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from the 90s commit gorilla love fair everywhere

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one of these guys little Prashadam offered candies

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Luther's they're and they're golden

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did you see they're golden just like

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call these my love fair weapons here Oranga

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now you revealed the secret yeah

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that's the secret

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but everyone loves the worthers

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who doesn't want to get a candy

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it's nice caramel you can put it in your mouth sweet

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sweet

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doesn't melt too badly like

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you know chocolates do and things like that in the sun

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I always try to keep some lighters in my pocket

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and then there on the way up

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we saw some people with cat bodies and dog bodies

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and I was just hi bro

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hi Krishna and I love the cats that come along

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and the tail goes up which means that's means oh

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they're friendly you know that's a friendly sign

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so it's nice when the cats

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their tail goes up and they come over and they're like

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doo doo doo like

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hi rose sweet soul

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hi Krishna

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that's our day mostly and then they put up their ears

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what what what what did you say who is Krishna

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ha ha ha look at him so nice Haribo

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I feel very happy yeah

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we're a little bit tired we had to go up that hill

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there's a lot of

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a lot of really nasty things have gone on here yeah

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Gyrocaster is the birthplace of the

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the communist dictator chamber at Verhoesa

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they use this castle as a

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just a grim we don't wanna go inside

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they murdered so many people here

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anyone that had any intelligence

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who could question the demonic authority

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it even has a sign

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this is where most of the elite of this country

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was murdered was murdered um

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up to 1970 yeah

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since the Second World War

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until 1970 that's a long time

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this is what a demon with a bad philosophy

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can do to the world someone like Karl Marx can just

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it's like distributing filth

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filth and demonic ideas around the world for 150 years

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such so bad

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yeah but now this place is quiet

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it's nice and peaceful yeah

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but it's still overcoming the past

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so we wish them all the best

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and yeah

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we try to chant everywhere we go

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we pray for mercy

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for all these people to open their hearts

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yeah and let go of the past

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yeah come

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come feast which is still painfully feelable

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in many places around here

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so on the back of the card here

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it says kirtan is the ancient practice of singing

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chanting and dancing that makes you happy

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that's the best thing and it's free for everyone

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yes and everyone is welcome to come and sing and dance

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and chant the names of god

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and eat wonderful

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wonderfully most beautiful

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healthy prepared

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sacred food

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and that's what we will do

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we will go down again and eat some vegetable soup

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which is a specialty of this region and very creamy

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very colorful golden pumpkin

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and we'll ask the supreme person to

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through our guru Devi to accept it

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and bless the people who help produce those vegetables

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the land

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the animals

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the hands of the humans that deliver everybody

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everybody gets that mercy

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then if it's offered with love and devotion

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it's ideally we should be preparing it ourselves

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yeah but when we're on the road

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this can be difficult and of course

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god is most merciful

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so that was a short hello from Gjirokaster in Albania

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a UNESCO heritage site it's noted for its slate stone

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that seems to adorn a lot of

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that's what I'm trying to get

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in the background of the video

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all the roofs have a sort of synonymous

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I don't know if that's the right word to use

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have have the similar

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same type of uh

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stone and it makes the whole town look very harmonious

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and quite pretty yep

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so hi bow

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hi Krishna

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peace be with you and upon you Namaste

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it's very pretty with those mountains