[Nectar] “I will only read Prabhupada’s books”
In the late seventies I was distributing books on a parking lot in front of a huge shopping mall in Switzerland – just on the border of Germany and Austria. It still is a very popular place for neighbouring Germans and Austrians. Particularly on weekends. It was a busy Friday afternoon. I was going from car to car, offering "nourishment for the soul" in the form of transcendental literature. As I approached one car from Germany an old lady, about seventy or so, was just putting her shopping bags in the trunk and when she saw me, assuming that I was some peddler, she waved me off. She said she won´t buy anything. I showed her a book. She exclaimed: "Ah, this is a different story! Of course I´m interested. I love to read Indian books. But only from Swami Prabhupada!". "Then I have what you want!", I answered and showed her a picture of Srila Prabhupada in the Srimad Bhagavatam. She took the latest volumes of the German BBT editions of Srila Prabhupadas´ Srimad Bhagavatam and of course a copy of the Bhagavad Gita Wie Sie Ist, gave a nice donation and left me flabergasted as I waved her goodbye.
Your Servant
Jay Gurudev das
