Searching for thirty years
Sep11

Searching for thirty years

Over the last few weeks, I took some time off from my regular services and went out on book distribution in the Perth area to promote an event organized by The Sacred India Gallery. The gallery regularly organizes meditation evenings to target people new to Krishna consciousness. The gallery is under the guidance of Bhurijana Prabhu and his wife, Jagattarini, disciples of Srila Prabhupada. On one of my book-distribution outings at the...

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The Purifying Waters of Door-To-Door Book Distribution
Sep02

The Purifying Waters of Door-To-Door Book Distribution

After our taking a swim in the river along the gorge between Otaki and Napier in NZ, Ameyatma bathed me in the purifying waters of his door-to-door book distribution mission just before the sun went down. We knocked on about twenty doors and took turns doing the presentation of Srila Prabhupada's books. It is a bit inconceivable how sweet and gracious the people of Napier were. One lady, whose name is Storm, raced to beat us to...

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Danny Glover Gets The Bhagavd Gita As It Is by Sri Bhakti Das
Aug28

Danny Glover Gets The Bhagavd Gita As It Is by Sri Bhakti Das

Yesterday we went with my wife to Sanfic film festival in Santiago-Chile. We had the opportunity to meet with several national actors sharing with them Srila Prabhupada’s books and telling them about 50th anniversary of ISKCON. We also met Danny Glover, renowned Hollywood actor (Lethal Weapon), and gave him the Bhagavad Gita as it is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. We also found the Hollywood film director and...

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A Wealthy Beggar
Aug23

A Wealthy Beggar

Over the summer I've been traveling with book distributors from the Simhachalam temple in Germany. They distribute Srila Prabhupada's books in southern Germany and in Austria. One day I was in the center of St. Poelten, Austria. An older woman approached me with her hand out, begging for coins. Her skin was somewhat dark. She could have been a gypsy; Roma is the more politically correct term. Wherever I've been to...

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Book Distribution in the Grand Canyon
Aug22

Book Distribution in the Grand Canyon

On my way to Denver I went to see my old friend Ganapati Swami at the Grand Canyon. He's an unsung hero in our society, and also my siksa-guru for book distribution. He's been distributing books for the past 45 years. Not many devotees know about him because he stays mostly in the USA, going from college to college year after year for decades, often by himself. He's a diksa-guru but has stopped initiating; his interest is...

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