Mr. Spock gets one of Srila Prabhupada’s books to read
Mr. Spock gets one of Srila Prabhupada’s books to read while in a mission in the starship Enterprise 🙂 Srila Prabhupada: The real preaching is selling books. You should know the tactic how to sell without irritating. What your lecture will do for three minutes, but if he reads one page his life may be turned. Letter to Bali-mardan, September 30,...
At the right place at the right time
I saw a young man munching on a burger in the food court of a mall in Christchurch. When I approached him to talk, he quickly wrapped his burger away and welcomed the conversation. Without handing him the book as yet (a security guard was lurking) I introduced my purpose in visiting Christchurch for the weekend, to find sincere souls. He was amazed and asked, “Why did you approach me? I'm on a journey of self-discovery. How...
A Sankirtana Mantra that works well
After the seminar by Vaisesika Prabhu in Durban, we ventured out to distribute some books at a local mall. I met an African couple who was busy loading the boot (trunk). I approached and showed them the books. Immediately I could sense that they would turn me down. So I used one of the lines that Vaisesika taught us. I said, "We are not trying to sell you anything. I'm here to enlighten you with knowledge. Do you know what...
Was this an accident?
I was distributing books in the south of Italy at a shopping-center parking lot when I met a man who was interested in getting the Bhagavad-gita. He had heard of it and wanted to read it, but I didn't have one with me, so I offered him the Science of Self Realization. He preferred the Gita, but at least he got something similar. He gave a donation and said, "Maybe I'll see you sometime in the future, and then I can get...
WSN May 2016 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
Texas is known for being big in everything. Well, now, Dallas is doing big in book distribution: No. 3 in the USA for May. The temple had a great month with 3,695 book points: an increase of 824%. The temple president, Nityananda Prabhu, is enthusiastic to distribute full sets of Srila Prabhupada’s books, and this is where most of the book points are coming from. He’s a great example of an ISKCON leader. While in Slovenia,...
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