Devotees at ISV Distributed 31,099 Books During MSF of Selfless Service

By Raxit Jariwalla Hare Krishna Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Our annual books marathon referred to as ‘The MSF of 25,000 Books, an Occasion for Selfless Service’, which began in the second week of October 2010 was concluded yesterday, January 5th, the day of offering, when the final results were offered to Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships at the Wednesday Night...

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A Budding Devotee is Found In Linz
Mar05

A Budding Devotee is Found In Linz

Three weeks ago I was distributing in Linz, Austria. Because it is a great place, with many interested people, we are looking for someplace to hold Sunday Feasts. Shortly before the end of the day I stopped a girl on her bike. She was already gone, but came back because I was so friendly, she said. She gladly took a First Canto, Part One. I told her about our ambition for a venue. She then said that a certain friend called David may...

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Disappointment Gives Rise To The Highest Pleasure & “This is My Request”
Mar01

Disappointment Gives Rise To The Highest Pleasure & “This is My Request”

Once I was distributing books at Chicago's O'Hare airport. A young, adventurous couple was carrying huge backpacks, and they kept running back and forth to the ticket counter. It turns out they had missed their international flight; their long-awaited vacation now appeared to be totally cancelled. Agonizing and trying to comfort each other, they were beyond depressed. I approached them and told them that this book explains how...

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Blissful “Arabian Nights”
Feb27

Blissful “Arabian Nights”

As part of the marathon season, devotees went *door to door* for a couple of weeks to distribute books. Today was a special and historic day for the Toronto Sankirtan Warriors. We visited an apartment at Kipling & Finch last week, where there were many Arabic-speaking members of a household who did not understand English. Unfortunately, we did not carry any Arabic books. So this week we packed Arabic books, but only to run out of...

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I Should Practice What I Teach Hey!
Feb25

I Should Practice What I Teach Hey!

We had stopped at a shop to buy some bhoga. My friend and I were in the car waiting and chatting when I noticed a lady in her thirties walking past my window. Suddenly I realised that I knew her. Her face was so familiar although I could not place her. With this mystery presenting itself I felt a great urge to go speak to her and I had still some more books left in my book bag so with a sudden excuse of "I'll be back" I...

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