From Fear to Ecstacy
Dear Prabhu's We begin the New Year by offering a wonderful nectar story from the recently concluded December book distribution marathon. The entire month saw the Radha-Gopinath congregation and resident devotees immersing themselves completely in the fire of the sankirtana yajna, resulting in a score that was heretofore unseen in the history of the temple. We begin with the story of Bhakta Ashish, who comes for His Grace...
KGB Speaks Out Against Book Distribution
By Karma-jna Das Once I had a discussion with one of my friends. He was a son of a highly placed KGB man. His father was a captain for a boat that was ‘exporting goods’. Actually they were transporting weapons. My friend’s father was involved in bringing weapons to Vietnam and also participated in the conflicts in Egypt and in Greece. So we were discussing once about religious movements. My friend said his father...
Sastra Dana program in Czech Republic
By Acyuta Gotra das In June 2006 all congregation devotees in Czech Republic got an opportunity to take part in distributing BBT books. We were inspired by already running Sastra Dana program for distribution of sponsored literature in Los Angeles and San Diego. During several months of 2006 it distributed almost 400 books and in 2007 already 1006 books (444 Maha Big, 461 Big, 101 Medium), mainly to public libraries and libraries in...
December Marathon
At Terminal 7 at Los Angeles Airport, I met a nice-looking black girl from Nairobi who lives in LA. She was crying when I tried to present the books, and she just said, "Please wait a little" and continued to sit there and cry. Then she showed me an invitation card, to let me know that someone else already approached her. She also said something like "I know about Krishna". I asked her, "Can I help you? why...
Marathon news from a sankirtan team in Surat
The Prabhupada Marathon in Surat India We were able to distribute more than 11,111 Bhagwad Gita As It Is! All the devotees in our team worked very hard. Every day they were going out to distribute after their work. Matajis were preparing prasadam. Prabhujis & matajis were calling BTG members on the phone to ask them to take & donate Bhagavad Gita As It Is. A few devotees visited nearby villages & distributed many B.G....
Sankirtana Nectar
1) Sankirtana Nectar in the Army Mitravinda devi dasi After months of healing in the physical therapy unit, several of us were sent back down to Basic Combat Training to finish the requirements of graduation. I remember training from the first time around and decided I would have no time for preaching. There is no storage for Srila Prabhupada's books in the barracks. The books would be too heavy for me to carry along with all my...
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