Robin Williams gets books
Many years ago I was standing in Union Square park, in downtown San Francisco, with a little box of books. There was an art festival going on, so I slipped in and out of the park so the security wouldn’t bother me. At around 10:30 a.m. I noticed a very familiar face walking through the show with his family. It was Robin Williams, a leading American actor and comedian. To get his attention creatively, I fanned out the books I had in my...
World Sankirtan Newsletter for July 2014
July was a great month for book distribution in many temples worldwide. INDIA: The very steady Tirupati temple was No. 2 in the world with 18,262 book points and a 22% increase. Pune was No. 4 in the world with 15,583 book points and a 59% increase. Radhe Shyama Prabhu, the president, keeps everyone focused on the mission. When a temple is continually doing big and still increasing, that’s special. USA: RVC was No. 1 in America...
Overcoming dualities and turning a negative into a positive
When we distribute books, we really see the dualities of this world. I was distributing at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, probably the biggest tourist attraction in LA and a big attraction for the locals as well, when I approached a man saying, “Excuse me,” to which he replied, “Shut up.” The next person I approached put his hands together and said, “Namaste, Hare Krsna.” In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna...




