How the Bhagavad Gita Connected Me to My Neighbour
Aug01

How the Bhagavad Gita Connected Me to My Neighbour

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please see below account and see if is fit to include in your broadcasts. your servant, Mahabhagavat Das How the Bhagavad Gita connected me to my neighbour Last night was hot and uncomfortable indoors, so I took my two-year-old son Vitthal Bhakta for a walk. I had my japa beads and was softly chanting, my son was tired and we had a leisurely stroll...

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In Memorium
Jul31

In Memorium

Hare Krsna, Resently, a senior book distributor, Sarvadevi Dasi, left her body. She was traveling throughout Russia and Ukraine and inspiring devotees to distribute books by teaching them how to do it. Last year she was in the part of Ukraine where the war is going on. Risking her life, she was crossing the border between the opposite parties, trying to distribute books on both sides. She was trying to convince them to stop this...

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World Sankirtan Newsletter for July 2015
Jul30

World Sankirtan Newsletter for July 2015

Hare Krsna, The good news and biggest news I've received this century is that China has reported six temples and is the number ten country in the world for book distribution! They did 3,711 book points. It's a communist country, so it's illegal to distribute there but still devotees are going out at great risk to please Lord Krsna and Srila Prabhupada. In July, the biggest increase percentage-wise in the Large Temple...

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Tokyo ISKCON’s Former President Recalls Discovering the Gita
Jul25

Tokyo ISKCON’s Former President Recalls Discovering the Gita

I was recently distributing books in Tokyo. I think Krsna's plan was to speed up my purification. I certainly need it. In the first few days of distributing it was very difficult, then I guess Krsna felt that I had enough purification and the books started going out, but not without lots of praying. While there I spoke to the previous temple president, Madhu Mangala Prabhu. I asked him how he joined — very interesting....

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Ukraine’s New Sankirtana Bus
Jul17

Ukraine’s New Sankirtana Bus

Recently, I received this letter from Acyuta Priya Prabhu, Ukraine's Regional Secretary: Dear Vijaya Prabhu and all the dear devotees who supported the new bus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his sankirtana mission! I'm happy to inform you that by your merciful efforts we got a sankirtana bus. It is a brand new Tata bus, very convenient for sankirtana. The brahmacaris just returned from...

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