Incredible Experience of Book Distribution by Mayapur’s youth
Sep16

Incredible Experience of Book Distribution by Mayapur’s youth

Hare Krishna, dear devotees! My name is Radha, I’m 19 years old and I am a student in my final year at Sri Mayapur International School. I want to share with you my incredible experience of book distribution in London this summer. I hope that it will please the senior devotees and reassure them that book distribution is still alive and well. And I hope it will encourage all the devotees of my age to give it a try.  Here is...

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A World-Class Butcher Takes A Book
Sep16

A World-Class Butcher Takes A Book

I was distributing books on Queen Street in central Auckland one Sunday morning. I stopped a confident young man from Bolton, England. During the exchange he explained not only that he is a butcher, but he was New Zealand to represent England in the Butchering World Cup! He explained how proud he felt and how much he enjoyed the work. About the butchering “profession” he commented, “Butchering keeps one fit, but it...

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How to Give Books for Free When They Don’t Have a Donation to Give
Sep14

How to Give Books for Free When They Don’t Have a Donation to Give

Hare Krsna, I'm sure you've all read the recent story I sent about a mended relationship. A young man was upset because he was given books as though they were free and then experienced them being taken back when he didn't make a donation. For years I've been saying to devotees, "Don't make it appear that the books are free and then ask for a donation, and if a donation is not given, take the book back."...

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An Unexpected Encounter in the Wilderness
Sep14

An Unexpected Encounter in the Wilderness

I cannot stop realizing how His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada is so merciful to his “grandchildren” in giving us the service to spread Krishna consciousness everywhere. I went with my family to June Lake. We were unable to find any spots at the campsite at 10 p.m., so we just set up our tent in the forest near the lake shore, which is not permitted. At 7 a.m. (the temperature was 3 Celsius) I made a fire and was about to...

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Some nice book distribution realizations from an ISKCON youth
Sep12

Some nice book distribution realizations from an ISKCON youth

Hare Krishna, dear devotees! My name is Radha, I’m 19 years old and I am a student in my final year at Sri Mayapur International School. I want to share with you my incredible experience of book distribution in London this summer. I hope that it will please the senior devotees and reassure them that book distribution is still alive and well. And I hope it will encourage all the devotees of my age to give it a try. Here is how it...

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