SKP news, the October 2015 newsletter
Hare Krsna, Two countries increased the most in October: Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan. Sri Lanka increased by 999%, with 4,111 book points. We haven't seen a lot of book distribution there, but from now on we'll probably see more. Just as in Sri Lanka, Ravana was defeated by Lord Ramacandra, similarly, maya will be overcome by Krsna in the form of books whenever people receive and read them. Kazakhstan also increased by 999%, with...
Books Bring Great Devotees
I was at a gathering of lady disciples of Srila Prabhupada who were relating their memories. Here are two book distribution stories told at that meeting. Jagajannani mataji had been reading Prabhupada's books, ordering them by mail order. She became anxious to meet devotees. She and a friend went to a University campus where four bramacaris were doing Harinama. There was a young boy with them, so she talked to him for a while and...
Sastra Dana, Sweden. Here is our Shastra Dana report for…
Sastra Dana, Sweden. Here is our Shastra Dana report for October 2015. We have been distributiing the following books: 170 Vediska texter 2 Bhagavad gita 3 Krishna books 1 Mnstares ledning Total 176 books We would like to thank the following devotees: Ella & Sune HellstrAm, Sten Bergil, Gilbert Rylander, Tomas Nilsson, Mikael Forian, Robert dkerman, Cathryn Claesson, Astasiddhdd, Smita Krishna Swami, Aja das & Pancavati...
In the Navi Mumbai station
Anand Ram Prabhu and I were distributing books in a train. When we got down at Nerul Station, a policeman caught us. "A good offense is the best defense." I immediately began asking him to take a Bhagavad Gita. He said, "You are selling in the train. Show me your permission." I told him that we are not selling, but preaching, and whoever reads this Gita will be a productive citizen. The policeman said,...
Doha airport: Yound people meet devotees
I had an interesting experience in the Doha airport, with my wife, in transit from Mayapur to Moscow. Doha is a materialistic city, completely based on the idea of shaping the landscape through the use of money and technology. It offers an artificial oasis of sense pleasure in the middle of the desert, opposite to the Vedic idea of a civilization based on natural resources and spiritual advancement. We had a...




